In a filing dated March 31, Mphasis requested injunctive relief to stop Coforge from employing two of its former executives on accounts related to Charles Schwab – a mutual client of both firms – and from utilizing Mphasis’ confidential data.
Additionally, Mphasis asked the court to prohibit former Vice President Brijesh Khergamker, mentioned in the case, from participating in Charles Schwab’s outsourcing operations via Coforge for one year or taking on business from Mphasis clients, citing violations of his employment agreement.
Neither Coforge nor Mphasis immediately responded to requests for comments from Reuters.
The Indian newspaper Mint first reported this development on Wednesday. Although filed in March, the document only surfaced in the government’s legal database last week.
Mphasis also requested compensatory damages along with reimbursement for attorney fees and associated costs, though the filing did not disclose specific details.
Mphasis contended that Coforge has obtained an “unfair competitive advantage” in IT service delivery by hiring at least four senior-level personnel cited in the filing.
As the demand for Indian IT services has waned and competition has stiffened in recent years, companies have increasingly pursued legal action against executives for breaching their employment contracts.
Earlier in the previous year, Infosys, India’s second-largest IT firm, lodged a counterclaim against rival Cognizant, accusing the U.S.-based company of engaging in anti-competitive practices and poaching essential executives.
In 2023, Wipro filed a lawsuit against former Chief Financial Officer Jatin Dalal after he joined Cognizant, asserting that the action violated his employment terms.
