The Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained a former probationary ICICI Bank employee from sharing any abusive, derogatory, or defamatory posts or videos against the bank. Justice Amit Bansal observed the content aimed to harm the bank’s reputation and could cause irreparable injury.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has given an interim order stopping a former probationary employee of ICICI Bank from making or sharing any abusive or defamatory posts, videos, or statements against the bank.
This order was passed by Justice Amit Bansal on 14 August 2025.
The case was filed by ICICI Bank and one of its officials, Kapil Dev Singh (the plaintiffs), against Dharmendra Gupta (the defendant), who earlier worked in the bank.
The plaintiffs told the court that Gupta had been putting “abusive and derogatory statements” on social media about the bank after his job was terminated. They asked the court to stop him from making any such remarks.
As per the plaintiffs, Gupta joined ICICI Bank as a Relationship Manager on 11 May 2022. He was on probation, and his services were terminated on 6 June 2023 during the probation period.
The bank alleged that after his termination, Gupta posted more than 100 videos on different social media platforms making “defamatory statements” against the bank.
The plaintiffs also informed the court that Gupta had started conciliation proceedings under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, to settle the matter. But during one conciliation session on 15 May 2025, Gupta allegedly made “abusive remarks” against the bank’s employees.
They claimed that these remarks were later posted online. To support their claims, they gave the court a pen drive containing
“screen recordings of the conciliatory proceedings.”
The court observed that Gupta had been served notice about the case in advance, but he did not appear. Justice Bansal noted that ICICI Bank is “a reputed financial institution” and the statements and social media posts in question seemed to be aimed at “harming its reputation.”
He also said there was a
“prima facie case in favour of the plaintiffs” and that “irreparable harm and injury may be caused to the plaintiffs if Gupta continues to make defamatory statements.”
Based on these findings, the court ordered that Gupta must not
“make, address, publish, distribute, post, tweet, share, circulate, upload or otherwise disseminate any abusive, derogatory, or disparaging videos, posts or other content”
against ICICI Bank or Kapil Dev Singh until the next hearing. Gupta has also been stopped from sharing
“any audio and/or video recordings of any quasi-judicial or judicial proceedings involving either of the plaintiffs.”
The case will next go before the Joint Registrar on 9 October 2025 for completion of service and pleadings. After that, the Delhi High Court will hear it again on 15 January 2026.
The plaintiffs were represented in court by Advocates Samudra Sarangi, Riya Kalra, Paritosh Tengshe, and Panchi Agarwal from Panag & Babu.
Case Title:
Kapil Dev Singh & ICICI Bank Vs Dharmendra Gupta.
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