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Herald case: Sonia, Rahul Gandhi oppose Swamy’s plea

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi today opposed as “vague and devoid of material particulars” BJP MP Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking summoning of witnesses in the National Herald case. The Gandhis, who are accused in the case along with some other Congress leaders, contended that Swamy’s plea was “in the nature of […]

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Swamy files list of witnesses in National Herald case

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BJP MP Subramanian Swamy today submitted a list of witnesses and other evidences before a Delhi court in the National Herald case filed by him against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders. The counsel for Swamy filed the documents before Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen, who had on December 26 last year given him the […]

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RSS defamation case: Rahul appears before court, plea to be recorded on Mar 3

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Rahul Gandhi today appeared before a magistrate court here in connection with the hearing in the RSS defamation case over his alleged comments blaming people from the saffron fountainhead for the killing of Mahatma Gandhi. The court adjourned till March 3 the hearing for recording the plea of the Congress Vice President, who has preferred […]

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Rahul Gandhi gets bail in RSS defamation case

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Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was today granted bail by a court in Bhiwandi near here in a defamation case over his alleged comment against the RSS on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. Rahul, who reached the Bhiwandi magistrate court in neighbouring Thane district around 10.30 AM amid tight security along with his supporters, appeared before Judge […]

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Defamation complaint against Rahul for ‘dalali’ remark

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A complaint of defamation was today lodged in a court here against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his ‘dalali’ remark targetting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the surgical strikes. Local lawyer Sadanand Singh moved the application under IPC Section 500 (Punishment for defamation) in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate which fixed the hearing […]

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Rahul to SC, prefer to face trial in RSS defamation case

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Rahul Gandhi today preferred to face trial as an accused in a defamation case for his remark against the RSS on the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, telling the Supreme Court he stood by every word of his statement made during a poll rally in 2014. The Congress Vice President expressed his readiness to face trial […]

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Never blamed RSS as a body for Gandhi’s killing: Rahul to SC

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today told the Supreme Court that he had never blamed RSS as an institution that killed Mahatma Gandhi but had stated that a person associated with it was responsible for his assassination. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R F Nariman, which was hearing the petition filed by Gandhi challenging […]

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SC critical of magistrate ordering probe in Rahul defamation case

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The Supreme Court was today critical of the trial court in Maharashtra asking the cops to probe the criminal defamation complaint lodged against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his remarks allegedly accusing RSS for assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The apex court said “prima facie the procedure of taking cognizance by the judicial magistrate is […]

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Herald case: Cong says Swamy has to satisfy court

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and other accused in the National Herald case today told a Delhi court that BJP leader Subramanian Swamy should first satisfy it about the relevance of documents which were ordered to be summoned from various ministries in the matter. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Gandhis, […]

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Sonia, Rahul get bail in Herald case

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul today sought and got bail in the National Herald case after a local court rejected complainant Subramanian Swamy”s opposition to the relief for them on the ground they are influential and can flee the country. Amidst media hype and hoopla and tight security, Sonia and Rahul and […]

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SC dismisses PIL on Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship row

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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the citizenship row of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. The PIL had demanded that CBI register a case against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly declaring himself as a British national before company law authorities there. A bench comprising chief justice H L Dattu […]

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Rahul Gandhi refuses in SC to regret his statement on RSS

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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today refused to accept Supreme Courts suggestion to express regret over his statement allegedly blaming RSS for Mahatma Gandhis assassination to close a defamation case against him, saying he will contest it. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant also decided to continue interim stay of criminal […]

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