Delhi HC asks journalist Saket Gokhale to immediately take down tweets on Lakshmi Puri
The Hindu
He had questioned how the former Indian diplomat could have bought a house for 1.6 million Swiss Franc in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2006 with her then income.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed freelance journalist Saket Gokhale to immediately take down all his alleged defamatory tweets related to Union Minister Hardeep Puri's wife and former Indian diplomat Lakshmi Puri. Mr. Gokhale had in a series of tweets questioned how Ms. Puri could have bought a house for 1.6 million Swiss Franc in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2006 with her then income. Justice C. Hari Shankar further restrained Mr. Gokhale from “posting any defamatory or scandalous or factually incorrect” tweets on his Twitter account against Ms. Puri and her husband.
Over the decades, the Anglo-Indian Grand Christmas Ball in Chennai has stepped into many venues, from Railway enclaves to private halls. It has left an indelible mark on some of these venues, Faiz Mahal and Shiraz Hall, both in Egmore, counted among them. This Christmas Day (December 25), Faiz Mahal is playing host to yet another Grand Christmas Ball. The soiree is organised by Anglo-Indians but by no means restricted to them. In these times of dwindling Anglo-Indian presence even in enclaves with a distinctive Anglo-Indian flavour, this event signifies an effort to preserve a cultural tradition that has enriched Chennai












