New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) Yoga guru Ramdev today recordedhis statement before a Delhi court in a case filed by himseeking restriction on the publication and sale of a bookpurportedly on his life, alleging that its contents weredefamatory.
Ramdev, who reached the court amid heavy security,recorded the statement before Additional Civil Judge NipunAwasthi in an in-chamber proceeding.
He confirmed before the court that he was the complainantin the suit and the contents of the book titled 'Godman ToTycoon', allegedly based on his life, were defamatory, thecourt sources said. The book is authored by journalistPriyanka Pathak Narain.
The court also continued the restrain the publisher andtwo e-commerce firms from publishing and selling the book tillfurther orders, advocate Satyajit Sarna, who appeared for thepublisher Juggernaut Books, said.
The case will now be heard on December 12.
The court had in August restrained the publisher and twoe-commerce firms from publishing and selling the book tillfurther orders.
It had passed the order without giving notice to thepublisher, saying that any delay in granting the interim orderwould defeat the purpose for which the lawsuit has been filed.
Sarna said the August order has been challenged by thepublisher before a senior civil judge.
In the order, the judge had said that after going throughparts of the book, it was found to be based on "rumours asheard and hearsay testimonials" and "permission to publishsuch a book has manifestly not been sought from him (Ramdev),nor answers to the so-called mysteries referred to in the bookhave been sought from him".
The court had also restrained Amazon India and FlipkartInternet Pvt Ltd from selling the book online till furtherorders and said any pending delivery of the book to buyersshould be stopped immediately.
The suit by Ramdev has alleged that the information inthe book is false, tends to injure his reputation and leads toan inference that he had been involved in mischievous andcriminal activities to achieve fame and success. PTI UK RKSARC.
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