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Bombay High Court Extends Interim Relief to Rahul Gandhi in Defamation Case Against PM Modi Remarks

By LAWSTREET NEWS NETWORK      03 August, 2023 06:01 PM      0 Comments
Bombay High Court Extends Interim Relief to Rahul Gandhi in Defamation Case Against PM Modi Remarks

NEW DELHI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday extended till September 26 the interim relief granted to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from appearance before a local court here in a defamation for his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018.

A BJP worker, had filed a defamation complaint alleging that Gandhis commander-in-thief remark in the context of the Rafale fighter jet deal amounted to defamation.

A single bench of Justice S V Kotwal said the interim relief granted earlier will continue before deferring the hearing till September 26 on the plea filed by Gandhi challenging the summons issued to him by the local court in 2021.

Rahul Gandhi was directed by the local court to appear before it in a defamation complaint filed by Mahesh Shrishrimal.

He then approached the high court challenging the summons issued to him.The high court in November 2021 directed the magistrate to defer hearing on the defamation complaint which meant the Congress leader would not be required to appear before the magistrate.

Since then, hearing in Gandhis plea was adjourned time-to-time and the interim relief granted to him was also extended. The magistrate had initiated criminal proceedings against Gandhi in August 2019.

However, the Congress leader in his petition before the HC claimed that he learnt about the same only in July 2021.

The allegations of the complainant were that in September 2018, Gandhi had held a rally in Rajasthan during which he made defamatory statements against Modi.

As per the complaint, Gandhi later posted on his personal twitter account The sad truth about Indias commander in thief.

The complainant alleged that Gandhi was making defamatory statements against Modi and by calling him commander in thief made a direct allegation of theft against all members of BJP and Indian citizens connected to Modi.

Gandhi, however, claimed the instant complaint was a classic example of a frivolous and vexatious litigation motivated by the sole purpose of furthering the complainants latent political agenda.



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