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Noting that counsel for publishing company HarperCollins had 'no objections' to the submission made by the counsel for Gurjit Kaur, a division bench of the High Court disposed of the petition.
On Wednesday, Advocate Shyel Trehan appearing for Hockey Player Gurjit Kaur submitted an affidavit filed by the Hockey Coach Sjoerd Marjine and publishing company HarperCollins which stated that they’ll comply with the September 19 restraining orders till the end of the present suit.
Advocate Swathi Sukumar appearing for HarperCollins also submitted that an affidavit had been filed on September 26 and that they have no objection to complying with September 19 orders.
Noting that Advocate Swathi Sukumar appearing for publishing company HarperCollins had no objections to the submission made by the counsel for Kaur, a division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh disposed of the petition.
The court was hearing a plea filed by Gurjit Kaur, a Hockey player against the release of the book ‘Will Power’ authored by Sjoerd Marjine.
Earlier a division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Amit Sharma had directed the former Women's Indian Hockey team coach Sjoerd Marjine, and publishing company HarperCollins to submit a report of the actions taken in consideration of the order dated September 19, 2022.
On September 19, the division bench had restrained the former Women's Indian Hockey team coach Sjoerd Marjine and publishing company HarperCollins from including any information about the medical condition of a celebrated Hockey player Gurjit Kaur in the book ‘Will Power: The Inside Story of the incredible turnaround in Indian Women’s Hockey was scheduled to be released on September 21.
The counsel appearing for Kaur informed the court that even after, the high court’s order dated September 19, wherein the bench granted an interim stay for Kaur’s plea challenging the release of the book, on September 24, Kaur received the book ‘Will Power’ from Amazon.
Counsel further informed the court that a contempt application was also filed by Kaur against the respondents for not following the orders of the high court.
Taking note of the submissions, the division bench stated, “In any contempt, there has to be willful disobedience” and directed Sjoerd Marjine and publishing company HarperCollins to submit relevant documents following the division bench order of September 19, along with an affidavit.
Case Title: Gurjit Kaur v. Harpercollins Publishers India Private Limited & Anr.
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