US-based firm fined for running website www.arunjaitley.com

NEW DELHI: A US-based private company was on Monday asked by the Delhi High Court to pay a fine of Rs five lakh to senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley for harassing him by running a website www.arunjaitley.com and refusing to transfer the domain name to him.

"The defendant company ( Portfolio Brains LLC) and its agents or entities operating at the same address or persons connected there to with the defendant (company), its entities and assignee are liable to pay the punitive damages to the tune of Rs 5 lakh to plaintiff (Jaitley) for causing hardship and harassment and mental torture to him in getting back the domain name," Justice Manmohan Singh said in a judgement.

The court restrained the Los Angeles-based company Portfolio Brains LLC from "using, promoting, advertising or retaining or parting with the domain arunjaitley.com".

It asked the firm to transfer the domain name immediately to the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha.