New Delhi, May 9 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday directed Trinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale to publish a public apology within a week to former diplomat Lakshmi Puri, as per the court's previous judgment on July 1, 2024.

This decision comes after Lakshmi Puri filed a contempt petition against Gokhale for failing to comply with the court's orders.

Lakshmi Puri filed a defamation suit against Saket Gokhale in 2021 after he published tweets questioning her property purchase in Switzerland, raising concerns about her and her husband, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri's, assets.

The Delhi High Court deemed Gokhale's tweets defamatory, citing Shakespeare's Othello to emphasise the damage inflicted on Puri's reputation.

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