Twitter Inc will query Elon Musk beneath oath in Delaware subsequent week as a part of the litigation within the billionaire’s bid to stroll away from his $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,51,320 crore) deal for the social media firm.

A Tuesday submitting in Delaware’s Court of Chancery stated Musk’s deposition is scheduled for September 26-27 and will stretch into Sept. 28 if needed.

The two sides are locked in an more and more acrimonious authorized battle that has swept up of a number of the largest names in Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

Subpoenas have being issued to billionaire Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle, Intel’s former Chief Executive Officer Robert Swan and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who’s presently chief govt of Block Inc.

A five-day trial is scheduled to start on October 17 in Wilmington, Delaware.

Each facet has accused the opposite of breaking the April takeover settlement. Twitter desires a choose to order Musk, who’s chief govt of Tesla Inc and the world’s richest particular person, to purchase the corporate as agreed for $54.20 (roughly Rs. 4,300) per share.

Shares in San Francisco-based firm had been down barely in early Tuesday buying and selling at $41.54 (roughly Rs. 3,300).

On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that courtroom filings had revealed that Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey could be deposed within the firm’s lawsuit that’s set to start subsequent month. Ever since Musk and Twitter reached an settlement, Dorsey has been supportive of the takeover deal for the microblogging service. He was beforehand subpoenaed by the Tesla CEO in August, and was to be questioned beneath oath by Twitter and Musk on Tuesday, in accordance with the report.

Musk has reportedly accused the agency of concealing severe flaws in its information safety. He has additionally alleged that Twitter hid from him that it was not complying with a 2011 settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) concerning consumer information, based mostly on claims made by whistleblower and former safety chief Peiter Zatko, who has additionally alleged that Twitter had allowed entry to brokers from international governments.