The withdrawal in April of Sarosh Zaiwalla’s legal memoirs, Honour Bound: Adventures of an Indian lawyer in English courts by publisher HarperCollins has been criticized by the author who alleged the threat of legal action caused the publishing house to "abandon its own author.” Member of Parliament and Congress party spokesperson Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi had sought an injunction on the book’s sale and distribution in India. He alleged the book made defamatory statements against his late father, L. 
M. Singhvi, a former Indian High Commissioner to the UK. While granting the stay the magistrate also restrained Zaiwalla from making any "further unverified, unsubstantiated and ex facie defamatory statement,” concerning Singhvi and his family, stated the Bar and Bench legal website on April 14.
A chapter in the book pertains to the sale of Bofors guns and alleged kickbacks received. In his press statement dated July 6, Zaiwalla notes "The chapters of which Dr Abhishek Singhvi complains of libel and where his late father Dr L. M. Singhvi is mentioned were reviewed by the High Commissioner for India in London, Her Excellency Ruchi Ghanashyam, for accuracy prior to publication and are true to the best of my knowledge. There could therefore be no libel.
"Libel proceedings which Singhvi has commenced against me remain ineffective until and unless these proceedings are served on me in the United Kingdom through the proper legal process for service of proceedings outside the Indian court’s jurisdiction. This is a legal requirement as I am a British citizen who lives outside the territorial jurisdiction of the Indian courts. Despite repeated invitations from me to serve on me the Patiala Delhi lower court proceedings in UK, Singhvi has not done so.
"If Singhvi had served the proceedings on me in the UK, I would have had the right to seek relief from the English court on the grounds that Singhvi’s libel related proceedings in the Delhi court was an abuse of court process.
"The issue which has arisen at the moment and which is of general public interest is fundamentally about rule of law in India.” Zaiwalla reiterated, "what I have said in my book is the truth to the best of my knowledge and belief.”