WhiteHat Jr files Rs 14 crore defamation suit against investor Aniruddha Malpani

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WhiteHat Jr has filed another defamation suit, this time against investor Aniruddha Malpani for his tweets criticising the education technology startup.

Malpani tweeted that the Bjyu's-owned startup has filed a lawsuit of Rs 14 crore against him.

"WhiteHatJr has filed a law suit of Rs 14 crores against me as well, claiming my posts have caused them a loss of revenue!" Malpani tweeted.

#WhiteHatJr has filed a law suit of Rs 14 crores against me as well , claiming my posts have caused them a loss of revenue !
Pretty much a copy and paste of their plaint against @whiteHatSnr . I hope their lawyer is giving them a discount !https://t.co/scGU6VGNg2

— Aniruddha Malpani (@malpani) November 23, 2020

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WhiteHat Jr, which teaches children coding, on November 23 filed a Rs 20 crore lawsuit against Pradeep Poonia, an engineer, alleging defamation, disparagement, abuse, and breach of privacy.

The Delhi High Court granted ad-interim injunction to WhiteHat Jr founder Karan Bajaj, legal news website LiveLaw reported. The court also asked Poonia to take down the tweets criticising the company.

In the suit against Malpani, WhiteHat Jr cited several tweets by the investor in October and November.

WhiteHat Jr alleged that Malpani was critical of the company because he is an investor in rival platforms Bibox Labs, Multibhashi and ConceptOwl.