Delhi court ‘bars’ sale of book on yoga guru Ramdev

New Delhi: A publishing company on Friday said a court had restrained it from selling a book on yoga guru Baba Ramdev. Juggernaut Books said in a statement it had received a copy of a district court order yesterday,  restraining them from the publication and sale of “Godman to Tycoon: The Untold Story of Baba Ramdev.” The company said the order was passed ex parte without hearing the publisher or author Priyanka Pathak-Narain to avoid a “delay which would be caused during the process of serving the notice and hearing the defendants.” The company said the allegation of defamation must certainly be heard in the courts and “we welcome the chance to defend our book.” Calling it a work of “serious journalism”, it said the book contained a detailed 25-page note on sources and the interviews, articles, police reports and RTI replies used by the author. IANS

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