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Delhi High Court Orders Salary Attachment for TMC MP Saket Gokhale in Defamation Case

The court mandated attachment of two-thirds of Gokhale’s monthly salary until ₹50 lakh is deposited, following his non-compliance with a 2024 defamation verdict in favor of Lakshmi Puri.

Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament earlier this year. (SansadTV)
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Overview

  • Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora directed the attachment of two-thirds of Saket Gokhale's ₹1.90 lakh monthly salary under Section 60(1)(i) of the Civil Procedure Code.
  • The salary attachment will continue until Gokhale deposits the ₹50 lakh damages awarded to former UN official Lakshmi Puri in a 2024 defamation ruling.
  • The defamation case stems from Gokhale’s 2021 tweets alleging impropriety in Puri’s Geneva apartment purchase, which the court deemed defamatory.
  • Gokhale’s plea to recall the 2024 judgment remains pending, but the court noted there is no stay on enforcement proceedings.
  • The next compliance hearing for the execution of the decree is scheduled for May 28, 2025.