The case concerned Mr Gokhale’s defamatory tweets or posts relating to Ms Puri’s integrity.
New Delhi:
Former United Nations Assistant Secretary-Normal Lakshmi Puri moved the Delhi Excessive Courtroom in opposition to Trinamool Congress chief Saket Gokhale after he didn’t adjust to a ruling mandating him to apologise on social media and pay her Rs 50 lakh in damages in a defamation go well with.
Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora issued discover in Ms Puri’s plea, in search of execution of a judgment handed on July 1.
The case concerned Mr Gokhale’s defamatory tweets or posts relating to Ms Puri’s integrity. Whereas passing the judgment, the courtroom had stated, “The plaintiff has suffered irreparable hurt on account of Defendant No. 1, i.e., Saket Gokhale’s defamatory statements and is directed to present an apology to the plaintiff, which shall be revealed on Defendant No. 1’s X account and in Instances of India.”
“Gokhale is restrained from publishing additional defamatory content material in opposition to the plaintiff. Damages to the tune of Rs 50,00,000 are awarded to the plaintiff for the hurt prompted to her repute,” the courtroom added whereas passing judgment on the matter in July. It additional mandated that the apology twet would stay on Mr Gokhale’s X account for six months.
As per the petition, Mr Gokhale had in June 2021 alleged that Ms Puri, the spouse of Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, had bought a property in Switzerland the price of which was disproportionate to her earnings with “black cash”.
The courtroom has scheduled the following listening to for February 5, 2025.