Koladiya vs Grover case: Delhi HC grants more time to Ashneer Grover to file response

The Delhi High Court on Thursday took on record the written statements submitted by the parties in the case filed by BharatPe’s cofounder Bhavik Koladiya‘s case against former managing director Ashneer Grover, and granted more time to the defendants to file their responses.

Both Grover and his wife Madhuri Jain who were ousted from the fintech startup last year were present at the court hearing on Thursday morning.

The defendants had filed condonation of delay applications, which was admitted by the court after no objection raised by the plaintiff’s counsel.

During the last hearing on January 18, the Delhi High Court restricted Grover from creating any third-party rights or interest on shares ‘transferred’ to him by Koladiya. Koladiya filed a suit to reclaim the disputed shares, saying Grover has not paid for the shares as per the agreement.

The case is being heard by a single-judge bench of Justice Prateek Jalan. The matter will be listed next on April 11 before the joint registrar and before the court on May 9.

ET exclusively reported on January 17 that Koladiya has filed a case against Grover, and was looking to reclaim his shares in the company.

Koladiya had founded the fintech firm in 2017. Shortly thereafter Koladiya, who held a 30.21% stake in the company, had to exit the cap table owing to his past conviction for credit card fraud in the US, ET had earlier reported.Grover had resigned from the company’s board of directors and his position as former managing director of the company in March last year.

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