Piramal’s Legal Firm vs DHFL Victims: A Chronological Collage

Posted on 20th March, 2025 (GMT 17:13 hrs)

ABSTRACT

Mr. Ajay Piramal’s legal firm, DSK Legal, has been targeting DHFL victims and OBMA members with defamation and contempt cases since March 2023. The cases aim to silence dissent against Ajay Piramal’s allegedly controversial acquisition of DHFL by PCHFL, an entity that is now merged with Piramal Enterprises Ltd. The legal actions seem to lack coherence, with apparently poor research and notarization of irrelevant documents. Victims have received emails allegedly from the Bombay High Court, but no detailed or mentionable official records are available as of yet. The article calls for continued digital activism to investigate and expose Mr. Piramal’s alleged ties to the BJP and possible financial misconduct.

Where the mind is [NOT] without fear and the head is [NOT] held high
Where knowledge is [NOT] free
Where the world has ~~not~~ been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words [DON’T] come out from the depth of truth…

Where do we exactly situate this “where“? India, which is now the republic of intolerance, autocracy, appropriation, censorship and manipulation under the crony BJP rule!

For those who regularly follow our OBMA blog since the last two-three years or more, it’s likely no surprise for them to know that some of our supporters or followers, including some of the victims of the Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) “scam” (Can we logico-legally say that after the CBI’s Jan’25 Closure Report on the Wadhawans?), have been repeatedly targeted with defamation and contempt cases by DSK Legal, the firm representing Mr. Ajay Piramal, the supposed/alleged present “owner” of the DHFL. These legal actions, aimed at individuals speaking out against the alleged controversies tied to this prominent corporate figure—who is evidently linked to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)—have been relentless. Since the first week of March in 2023, and continuing to the present, these few DHFL victims/follower-supporter-members of OBMA have faced an onslaught of emails, social media post bans (though without success!), and a flood of case files, diarized entries, and notarized documents posted by the DHFL Scam victims.

Why does Mr. Piramal, through his legal firm, seem so intent on pursuing these innocent individuals who are merely voicing dissent against the skewed “political economy” under India’s current government by utilizing the fifth pillar of democracy, viz., social media, in terms of a non-violent civil disobedience movement? The apparent answer is to ruthlessly silence them through what can only be described as legally cloaked threats and deterrence—how else can we frame this, given our status as victims of political-corporate financial abuse (as defined by the United Nations Guiding Principles/UNGP)? The goal seems clear: to ensure that Mr. Piramal’s alleged corporate MANeuvers remain shielded from public scrutiny, hidden from “we, the people of India” in terms of a foreclosing act of “will to hide” (jugupsa/erit celare) as part of the incessant governmentality of the polymorphic “will to power”.

This further emphasizes the urgent need for all DHFL victims to leverage social media and engage in digital activism to expose the perpetrators by sharing available evidence, reports, and articles, while utilizing relevant toolkits, thus furthering their pursuit of distributive justice and advocating for fundamental human rights, particularly the right to livelihood.

Yet, these legal efforts targeting these victims—through appeals, suits, and interim applications under civil law—reveal a striking lack of diligence by DSK Legal. Their research appears woefully inadequate, overlooking key writings that expose the broader context of India’s political-social-economic decline under the BJP’s crony policies. This includes our modest but impactful Bangla articles⤡⤡ on the pre-debt-ory capitalism of India’s oligarchs and their cronies—figures like Piramal, Ambani, and Adani—which provide critical backdrop to the DHFL controversy. Despite having a Bengali representative, DSK Legal has missed these Bangla pieces, as well as our Hindi⤡ and Gujarati⤡ content. Instead, their sloppy work is laid bare by instances like notarizing irrelevant and redundant documents, wholly unconnected to the DHFL matter, while pressing charges against these victims.

Adding to the absurdity, consider this: Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Ltd. (PCHFL), the entity that allegedly “acquired” DHFL for a mere rupee against its ₹45,000-crore asset value, no longer exists as a standalone company. It has reportedly merged with Piramal Enterprises Ltd. (PEL) recently. How, then, can a non-existentially existent entity (paradox of being⤡?!) stand as a petitioner in a legal battle? Moreover, in the Supreme Court of India, Kapil Sibal and A. M. Singhvi are apparently fighting as the legal representatives of DHFL (under the Wadhawans) while simultaneously representing PCHFL (and/or PEL??!!) as the supposed “owner” of DHFL. Are they or are they not⤡? It is perplexing for the victims to know. This identity crisis critically jeopardizes the integrity of the allegedly forced acquisition of DHFL. It raises serious questions about the legitimacy of these proceedings, both in relation to the DHFL cases (63 Moons, UPPCL, FD Holders’ Litigant Groups etc.) as well as DSK Legal’s litigations.

Does this suggest that Mr. Piramal and other BJP-aligned crony tycoons (Ambani-Adani et al.) are experiencing a legitimacy crisis, considering the current state of the Indian economy? Do they need some sort of attention, given the range of controversies (or Gordian knot) entangling Mr. Piramal’s business persona⤡? Why else would they make culprits out of victims?

It is crucial to clarify in this legal context that the entire burden of proof for demonstrating or establishing either defamation or contempt lies with those pressing the aforementioned charges against a specific group of individuals. Therefore, we sincerely request DSK Legal to first provide well-substantiated, coherent, and conclusive (in the philosophically rigorous sense of meeting the standard of epistemological justification) empirical evidence that supports your claims! Only then will those “accused” DHFL victims, who have been rendered paupers due to this manufactured DHFL “scam” (a Summersian ploy⤡ to fabricate a crisis that never existed and then profit from it!⤡) consider your allegations!

Mr. Piramal and Co. are allegedly “making merry” with a significant portion of the life savings of the innocent DHFL victims, by leveraging connections with the BJP and the Ambani family. Now, they are seemingly attempting to turn the tables, making some of those victims the accused. What is the rational basis for all this, especially through the lens of international human rights? We would like to ask this unhesitatingly.

To know more about Mr. Piramal’s alleged controversies, view the following:

https://onceinabluemoon2021.in/2025/02/01/piramal-bound-the-dhfl-gordian-knot-movie/

https://onceinabluemoon2021.in/2024/11/16/the-paramavai%e1%b9%a3%e1%b9%87ava-at-stake-unwindi

nhttps://onceinabluemoon2021.in/2025/02/07/mr-paramavai%e1%b9%a3%e1%b9%87avas-trial-a-courtroom-drama/g-piramal-thy-name-is-controversy/

https://onceinabluemoon2021.in/2024/04/06/ajay-piramal-in-the-ring-of-fire-of-controversie

sIn fact, we must wholeheartedly thank DSK Legal for notarizing our digital posters, campaigns, posts, articles, and letters, as their legal stamp significantly enhances the likelihood of these materials being read, explored, studied, and shared among a globally focused audience.

Quite recently, during the past two months, the “accused” DHFL victims (hitherto marked as “Unknown Defendants” in all of DSK Legal’s litigations: DHFL Victims as phantom/spectral presence in the eyes of Piramal and Co.?) have received the following two emails (dated 12th February and 17th March, 2025, respectively), allegedly from the Bombay High Court:

This seems to draw from an even earlier mail (dated 22nd April, 2024) received on those self-same email accounts, which is also given as follows:

However, despite searching the official website of the Bombay High Court using the relevant case details, we have not yet been able to retrieve any significant or mentionable case records or details. If we do obtain any updates in the near future, we will share them in this post’s thread.

Given below is the comprehensive series/list of posts we have made on this scenario of (en)raging correspondence, bordering on the notion of “legality”—emails, replies, counter-replies, case-details, case-files, arguments, and rebuttals—between Piramal’s legal representative, DSK Legal, and the DHFL victims they’ve accused, chronicling the ongoing struggle of a few zoon politikon against the unjustified onslaughts of the neoliberal capitalism represented by the BJP and Co./

(TO BE UPDATED AS THIS PERPETUAL FIGHT PROGRESSES TO EMBRACE WIDER HORIZONS OF ANTI-AUTHORITARIANISM….)

The OBMA Activists, along with some of the digitally engaged DHFL victims, are resolutely committed to revealing or unmasking the true nature of the deceptive Indian Crony Oligarchy run by the BJP with the help of its crony corporate magnates, clearly demonstrated through the protracted laboratory experiment of the challenging DHFL debacle spanning five long years.

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