New Delhi, April 24 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued an order for the attachment of a portion of the salary of Saket Gokhale, a Member of Parliament from the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

The court directed that the salary will remain under attachment until a total sum of Rs 50 lakh is deposited in the court.

This directive came during the hearing of a petition filed by former diplomat Lakshmi Puri, who accused Gokhale of failing to comply with the court's previous instructions in a defamation case she had filed against him. In July of last year, the court had directed Gokhale to issue an apology to Puri and pay her Rs 50 lakh as damages.

Justice Manmeet Pritam Arora's bench observed that no reasonable explanation had been provid...