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Complaint for Remarks Against PM Modi: Bombay High Court Refuses to Quash 2019 Summons to Rahul Gandhi
Justice N. R. Borkar upheld the summons, while the court kept a six-week pause so Gandhi can seek relief from the Supreme Court.
- On Tuesday, the Bombay High Court refused to quash a 2019 summons issued to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi regarding his 'commander-in-thief' remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale fighter jet deal.
- BJP member M.H. Shrishrimal filed the defamation complaint, alleging Gandhi defamed Modi during a 2018 Rajasthan rally concerning the Rafale fighter jet deal and a subsequent video posted on X.
- Arguing the complaint was 'frivolous,' Gandhi's counsel Sudeep Pasbola and Kushal Mor contended Shrishrimal lacked locus standi as he was not an aggrieved party entitled to initiate defamation proceedings.
- Justice N.R. Borkar dismissed Gandhi's petition, finding no 'perversity and illegality' in the magistrate's order and stating, 'This court finds no infirmity in the order. Hence, the petition is dismissed.'
- Proceedings before the magistrate remain deferred for six weeks, continuing a 2021 order that allows Gandhi to approach the Supreme Court to appeal the High Court's dismissal.
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Complaint for remarks against PM Modi: HC refuses to quash 2019 summons to Rahul Gandhi
The High Court, however, continued its 2021 order directing the magistrate to defer hearing on the complaint for six weeks so that Mr. Gandhi can approach the Supreme Court in appeal
·Chennai, India
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No HC relief for Rahul Gandhi in Modi defamation case summons
The Bombay High Court dismissed Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's petition seeking to quash summons issued in 2019 in a defamation complaint. The complaint stems from his 'commander-in-thief' remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi concerning the Rafale fighter jet deal. While upholding the magistrate's order, the High Court continued its directive to defer the hearing for six weeks, allowing Gandhi to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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