WhiteHat Jr withdraws defamation suit against vocal critic
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Last Updated: May 04, 2021, 06:34 PM IST
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The company had sent the legal notice to Poonia last November for allegedly defaming it and infringing on its registered and unregistered trademarks
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WhiteHat Jr, which is owned by edtech giant Byju’s, teaches coding to children
Edtech firm WhiteHat Jr and its founder Karan Bajaj have withdrawn the $2.6-million defamation suit they filed last November against Pradeep Poonia, a vocal critic of the company, Poonia told ET.
WhiteHat Jr, which is owned by edtech giant Byju’s, teaches coding to children. The company had sent the legal notice to Poonia last November for allegedly defaming it and infringing on its “registered and unregistered trademarks”.
WhiteHat Jr drops Rs 20 cr defamation suit against critic Pradeep Poonia
Byju s-owned WhiteHat Jr had filed a defamation case against software engineer Poonia in Delhi High Court in November 2020 on charges of defaming and spreading misinformation about the start-up
BusinessToday.In | May 4, 2021 | Updated 23:49 IST
Edtech start-up WhiteHat Jr has withdrawn its defamation suit worth Rs 20 crore against its critic Pradeep Poonia. The company has confirmed the action but did not divulge any further details in the matter. Poonia also confirmed the development in a social media post.
Byju s-owned WhiteHat Jr had filed a defamation case against software engineer Poonia in Delhi High Court in November 2020 on charges of defaming and spreading misinformation about the start-up. The Karan Bajaj-founded company had also blamed Poonia for infringing trademarks and copyright of properties owned by WhiteHat Jr by using a YouTube handle by the name of WhiteHat Sr.
Pradeep Poonia posted a YouTube video about false WhiteHat Jr ads. Now the edtech company is suing him for defamation, trademark violation, and more in an effort to keep him quiet.
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During the latest hearing in WhiteHat Jr’s defamation case, Pradeep Poonia asked for the records of ‘Wolf Gupta’ and ‘Ryan Venkat’ ads that the company ran on Facebook and Instagram, as well as documents from the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) and the Department of Consumer Affairs, where complaints against WhiteHat Jr were filed. In a LinkedIn post, Poonia said WhiteHat Jr opposed the request.
In October 2020, the Advertising Standards Council of India had asked WhiteHat Jr to remove five of its ads for making misleading claims on social media. One of the ads showed a 7-year-old girl as a TEDx speaker and app developer.
WhiteHat Jr s lawsuit against Pradeep Poonia gets a new hearing date; the latter seeks documents
Coding startup WhiteHat Jr has been told by the Delhi High Court to place all documents on the record before the next hearing of its lawsuit against Pradeep Poonia.
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Pradeep Poonia has got a new hearing date from the Delhi High Court. The matter will be next heard on February 1, Delhi HC judge
Justice Jayant Nath announced after a brief hearing on Wednesday. The court also directed WhiteHat Jr to place all documents on the record before the next date of hearing.
The documents requested by Poonia s lawyer