M.P. High Court Closes Defamation Case Against Rahul Gandhi
The court closed the case after Gandhi filed a written regret and Kartikeya Singh Chouhan accepted it, ending proceedings linked to a 2018 rally remark.
- On Thursday, the Madhya Pradesh High Court closed criminal defamation proceedings against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi a day after he formally expressed regret for remarks made during a 2018 election rally.
- The case stemmed from Gandhi's 2018 Jhabua rally where he erroneously linked Kartikeya Singh Chouhan, son of Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, to the Panama Papers leak.
- Kartikeya filed a complaint under sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code, alleging reputational damage, though Gandhi had clarified in 2018 he intended to reference a former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's son.
- Justice Pramod Kumar Agrawal of the Jabalpur Bench closed proceedings in both the High Court and trial court after Kartikeya accepted Gandhi's regret, stating he would not escalate further.
- Congress MP Vivek Tankha, appearing for Gandhi, noted that publicly acknowledging a mistake is the "hallmark of a true and honest person," effectively resolving the legal dispute.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has apologized in the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Kartikeya Singh Chauhan, son of former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, filed a defamation suit against him eight years ago. After a lengthy legal hearing, Rahul Gandhi has apologized unconditionally. Following this order from the Jabalpur bench of the High Court, the proceedings in the Special MP-MLA Court in Bhopal have also been deemed over.
HC junks Shivraj Chouhan's son defamation suit after Rahul Gandhi expresses regret
A day after Rahul Gandhi expressed regret for wrongly naming Kartikeya Singh, the Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed the defamation case against him. The complainant accepted the written regret, closing a case linked to Gandhi's 2018 Jhabua rally remarks.
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