Dhoni says the Telecoms company is taking advantage of his name
A Telecoms company of which Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni was a brand ambassador, has accused him in the Delhi High Court of wilfully misleading the court for creating ‘alarmist circumstances’.
A top official of Maxx Mobilink Pvt Ltd, who has been accused by Dhoni of defying a High Court 2014 order that the company should not use his name to promote and sell its product, said it never indulged in misusing his name to take any advantage.
Ajjay R Agarwal, MD of the firm, said the company had not sold any products post November 17, 2014, in which Dhoni’s image and name was used and the company did not have any such stock in its custody after that date.
Dhoni had an endorsement agreement with the company which had expired in December 2012.
Seeking that his plea for initiating contempt against him be dismissed, Agarwal said, “The company has removed all material from its own websites and social media websites including Facebook.
"However, at this juncture, the petitioner (Dhoni) is guilty of wilfully misleading this court for the sake of creating alarmist circumstances.”
Agarwal also claimed that even much prior to November 17, 2014, the company was not using Dhoni’s image or name as endorsements in any manner on its own websites or social media.
“Facebook posts containing the image of the petitioner was posted by the firm sometime in 2012 which was well outside the active webpage of the Facebook account of the respondent.
"This was well within the knowledge of the petitioners (Dhoni and Rhiti Sports) who have deliberately dug up the posts associated with Dhoni to create the present cause of action,” he further said. During the hearing on Tuesday, Dhoni’s counsel sought time to file a rejoinder to the affidavit and the court fixed the matter for hearing on January 24.
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