The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered former BharatPe MD Ashneer Grover, his wife Madhuri Jain Grover, and other family members to submit copies of their bank account statements from a nearly four-year period to the court in a sealed cover. Statements Sought in Lawsuit Over Defamation single-judge bench of Justice Rekha Palli instructed the couple along with other family members to provide bank account transactions in a sealed cover from July 2018 to April 2022. The four-week timeline comes amid while hearing an application filed by fintech firm Resilient Innovations Pvt. Ltd. (creator of the BharatPe app) in an ongoing defamation lawsuit against the Grover family.The company alleges financial misappropriation and loss of funds by the accused. Grovers Agree, Subject to ConfidentialityOn Wednesday, Grovers counsel agreed to furnish the data provided BharatPe lawyers sign an affidavit not to share or leak the information to outside parties. Justice Palli accepted the terms, disposing of the specific application related to financial disclosures.Separately, she deferred Grovers own request seeking certain BharatPe documents, saying the court will revisit the matter after reviewing an upcoming status report in the criminal complaint against the couple. EOW Probe, Company Lawsuit Among Multiple CasesThe Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has an ongoing probe into allegations including fraud and fund misappropriation of around Rs. 81 crores against Grover and their family at BharatPes prompting.Police registered a First Information Report earlier this year with charges carrying over 10 years imprisonment if proven in the parallel criminal case unfolding alongside BharatPes civil defamation lawsuit.With bank statement disclosures set to exchange hands, all sides now await the next court hearing on February 12, 2024, even as complex litigation and investigations persist on multiple fronts.
