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Rs. 100 crore defamation suit filed against Manu Rishi Guptha for blog post by ITC

Lawstreet Journal 15 Jul 2021 8:13pm

Image courtesy: Lawstreet Journal Business Rs. 100 crore defamation suit filed against Manu Rishi Guptha for blog post by ITC

The ITC has taken a defamation action worth Rs 100 crore toward portfolio manager and blogger Manu Rishi Guptha, as well as two senior executives of the financial blog site FinMedium. Guptha, CEO of SEBI-registered investment advisory firm MRG Capital Partners, they had published a blog post titled “Magic, illusion, or just trickery - The saga of ITC,” in which he criticised the Kolkata-based company’s business decisions and accused the management and board of directors of discrepancies.

The article, which was first uploaded on Guptha's personal blog, and was eventually picked up by FinMedium, a blog that collects information from the country’s financial bloggers. Dhruv Girdhar, the founder and Editor-in-Chief of FinMedium, and Ghanist Nagpal, the Managing Editor, have been listed as co-defendants in the complaint by ITC.

In its plea to the Calcutta High Court, ITC claimed that Guptha's post, implied among several other factors, that the company's board of directors and management engaged in insider trading on a regular basis, that the company had misguided shareholders, that the board had made irrational business strategies, and that the company had falsified its books of accounts.

As per ITC, the corporation and its management have endured significant hardship, agony, and embarrassment as a result of the post. The firm went on to say that the blog post's assertions were inaccurate, deceptive, and in some instances, facts were combined with innuendos and viewpoint in an attempt to exaggerate the situation.

Guptha had previously published a similar blog post headlined “10… Continue Reading...


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