New Delhi: They say marriages are made in heaven.
So when matrimony portal Bharatmatrimony.com decided to take the “heavenly” task into its hands, some trouble could be expected.
The website on Monday moved the Supreme Court against the order of anti-monopoly watchdog MRTPC, after the body ordered the portal to refrain from making "tall claims".
The problem began when a petition from People Interactive Pvt Ltd – a company that also owns Bharatmatrimony’s rival Shaadi.com – was accepted by the MRTPC.
Bharatmatrimony had claimed that it had arranged 1,942 marriages between 1999 and 2006 and facilitated seven lakh weddings. The portal had also implied that it had done better than its nearest rival, implying Shaadi.com and had a much higher success rate.
People Interactive moved MRTPC alleging malpractice and seeking unconditional apology for false and misleading claims.
It had stated that that though Bharatmatrimony.com did not mention its name, it was implied.
The issue seemed to settle down when a bench headed by Justice S H Kapadia deferred the hearing for a week on a request by senior counsel Soli Sorabjee, who stated that Bharatmatrimony was working out a settlement with People Interactive Pvt Ltd.
According to Bharatmatrimony, the Commission had no jurisdiction to grant interim relief to its rival service provider and there was no material available to prove misrepresentation and disparagement.
(With inputs from PTI)
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