Ashneer Grover tells Delhi High Court he will not reveal confidential details about BharatPe

BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover gave an undertaking before the Delhi High Court last week that he will not reveal confidential details about his former employer and will scrupulously abide by the employment agreement. .Advocate Giriraj Subramanium appeared for Grover and told the Court that he is also ready to tender an apology for Grover's posts on X (formerly Twitter) revealing the details. Justice Sachin Datta took the statement on record on November 24. Grover was appointed Managing Director BharatPe. He resigned from the post on March 1, 2022. .BharatPe had filed a petition under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act of 1996 seeking an interim injunction against Grover to restrain him from disclosing confidential information of the company in public domain.Senior Advocate Akhil Sibal appeared for BharatPe and told the Court that Grover continues to retain the information despite the positive obligation on him to the same after resignation.Sibal further said that Grover has a pattern of making defamatory statements in social media posts, which he later deletes.But by that time, the damage is already done, he argued..Meanwhile, Subramaniam submitted Grover ought not to have made the said posts and that he was willing to tender and apology for the same. He also questioned the maintainability of the petition on the ground that arbitral proceedings between the parties are already in progress before an arbitral tribunal constituted under a shareholders agreement and therefore, the disputes related to the employment agreement shall also be referred to the arbitral tribunal. .The High Court said that this aspect will be considered on the next date of hearing on December 22..Notably, on Tuesday, Grover had tendered an apology for violation of the Delhi High Court's order directing him and BharatPe not to make 'unparliamentary' and 'defamatory' allegations against each other. The Court had termed Grover's conduct appalling and imposed a fine of ₹2 lakh. .Senior Advocate Akhil Sibal along with advocates Anuj Berry, Sourabh Rath, Megha Janakiraman, Bhargavi Vadeyar, Vibhore Yadav, Mohit Goel, Ashavry Jain and Aparajito Sen appeared for BharatPe. Ashneer Grover was represented by advocates Giriraj Subramanium, Simarpal Singh Sawhney, Joy Banerjee, Ravi Pathak, Akhilesh Talluri, Siddhant Juyal and Urvashi Singh. .[Read Order]