Goair, ex-chief executive Prock-schauer decide against an out-of-court settlement
MUMBAI: The case between Wadia Group-owned Goair and its former chief executive Wolfgang Prock-schauer, whom the former accused of stealing confidential information and data, took a fresh turn on Tuesday as both parties decided against opting for an ‘out-of-court’ settlement.
The case will be heard by the Bombay high court on July 17.
The airline has lost complete trust in Prock-schauer and would hence like to pursue the case, senior counsel Darius Khambata, who appeared for Goair, said on Tuesday.
“When we were in talks for settlement, at the same time the forensic due diligence was still going on, we found out that the former chief executive (Wolfgang Prock-schauer) has taken away several other confidential information which we were not aware of earlier,” Khambata told the high court.
“They (Go Air) are saying that I have sent some mails from my official email to my personal email id, but this happens in normal business practices,” senior counsel Janak Dwarkadas, who appeared for Prock-shauer, told the high court on Tuesday on behalf of his client.
As far as his client and Go Air were concerned, the no-frill airline has not shown the sensitive information that was (supposedly) stolen, Dwarkadas told the court. After hearing the arguments made by both sides, justice SJ Kathawala asked Goair’s counsel to show the specific details that lead the airline to believe that Prock-schauer had stolen confidential data. Goair’s counsel Khambata said that they are willing to share the details in a sealed envelope. Goair and Prock-schauer did not respond to messages sent by
Mint.
Goair filed a case in the Bombay high court on April 27 against former managing director Wolfgang Prock-schauer alleging theft of confidential information within a week of the latter joining rival Indigo, court documents showed.