As of April 17, 2025, there have been no publicly reported developments indicating that Lakshmi Puri has refused a settlement offer from Saket Gokhale in their ongoing defamation case. The most recent information available indicates that on December 23, 2024, the Delhi High Court issued a notice to Gokhale for non-compliance with its July 2024 ruling. This ruling had directed him to pay ₹50 lakh in damages and issue a public apology to Puri for defamatory tweets concerning her property purchase in Switzerland .
Puri’s legal team filed an execution petition alleging that Gokhale failed to adhere to the court’s directives, prompting the court to seek a response from him. The next hearing in this matter was scheduled for February 5, 2025 .
If there have been any new developments regarding a settlement offer or its refusal, they have not been reported in the public domain as of now.
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