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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed activist Saket Gokhale to delete alleged defamatory tweets against former diplomat Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri.
In an interim order, Justice C Hari Shankar also restrained Gokhale from posting scandalous tweets against Lakshmi Puri and her husband, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, during the pendency of the defamation suit.
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The court said if Gokhale fails to delete the tweets within 24 hours of the order, Twitter shall identify the URLs and take necessary action.
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The court passed the order on a defamation suit filed by Lakshmi Puri seeking ₹5 crore damages from Gokhale and a direction that he delete the tweets.
She alleged that, in the tweets, Gokhale made false and and libellous statements/imputations against her and her family.
The court also issued a summons to Gokhale on the main suit and directed him to file his written statement within four weeks and listed the case before the Joint Registrar on September 10.
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