{"id":18244,"date":"2012-03-19T16:13:42","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T10:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=18244"},"modified":"2012-03-19T16:13:45","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T10:43:45","slug":"rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi","title":{"rendered":"Rajasthan High Court dismisses case against Narendra Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi\/na\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18245\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18245\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi\/na\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/na.jpg?fit=205%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"205,246\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"na\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/na.jpg?fit=125%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/na.jpg?fit=205%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18245\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/na.jpg?resize=205%2C246&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/na.jpg?w=205&amp;ssl=1 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/na.jpg?resize=125%2C150&amp;ssl=1 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a>The Rajasthan High Court today rejected a petition against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the latter&#8217;s reportedly remarks against the first Prime Minister Pundit Jawahar Lal Nehru.<\/p>\n<p>The High Court Single Bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma rejected the appeal filed in this connection by one Charmesh of Bundi district challenging the District Court&#8217;s order that rejected his petition in the want of jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>Contesting the appeal in the High Court Mr Modi&#8217;s counsel Omkar Singh Lakhawat pleaded that appellant Charmesh did not belong to Mr Nehru&#8217;s family and hence he could not file the petition.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Sharma upheld the pleading and dismissed the appeal.<\/p>\n<p>In his petition, Charmesh sought action against Mr Modi for one of his speeches in which he had made &#8216;derogatory and defamatory&#8217; remarks against Pt Nehru that hurt him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rajasthan High Court today rejected a petition against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the latter&#8217;s reportedly remarks against the first Prime Minister Pundit Jawahar Lal Nehru. The High Court Single Bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma rejected the appeal filed in this connection by one Charmesh of Bundi district challenging the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1954],"tags":[7339,3074,5487],"class_list":["post-18244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-profile-cases","tag-justice-mahesh-chandra-sharma","tag-narendra-modi","tag-rajasthan-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rajasthan High Court dismisses case against Narendra Modi - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Rajasthan High Court today rejected a petition against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the latter&#039;s reportedly remarks against - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rajasthan High Court dismisses case against Narendra Modi - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Rajasthan High Court today rejected a petition against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the latter&#039;s reportedly remarks against - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-03-19T10:43:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-03-19T10:43:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/na.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5bed6309aad9141bf373167e6730d0fc\"},\"headline\":\"Rajasthan High Court dismisses case against Narendra Modi\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-03-19T10:43:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-03-19T10:43:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi\"},\"wordCount\":151,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/na.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma\",\"Narendra Modi\",\"Rajasthan High Court\"],\"articleSection\":[\"High Profile Cases\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi\",\"name\":\"Rajasthan High Court dismisses case against Narendra Modi - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/na.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-03-19T10:43:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-03-19T10:43:45+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Rajasthan High Court today rejected a petition against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the latter's reportedly remarks against - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/na.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/na.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"High Profile Cases\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/high-profile-cases\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Rajasthan High Court dismisses case against Narendra Modi\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5bed6309aad9141bf373167e6730d0fc\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/legalnews\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rajasthan High Court dismisses case against Narendra Modi - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","description":"The Rajasthan High Court today rejected a petition against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the latter's reportedly remarks against - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rajasthan High Court dismisses case against Narendra Modi - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","og_description":"The Rajasthan High Court today rejected a petition against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the latter's reportedly remarks against - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2012-03-19T10:43:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-03-19T10:43:45+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/na.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5bed6309aad9141bf373167e6730d0fc"},"headline":"Rajasthan High Court dismisses case against Narendra Modi","datePublished":"2012-03-19T10:43:42+00:00","dateModified":"2012-03-19T10:43:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi"},"wordCount":151,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/na.jpg","keywords":["Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma","Narendra Modi","Rajasthan High Court"],"articleSection":["High Profile Cases"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi","name":"Rajasthan High Court dismisses case against Narendra Modi - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/na.jpg","datePublished":"2012-03-19T10:43:42+00:00","dateModified":"2012-03-19T10:43:45+00:00","description":"The Rajasthan High Court today rejected a petition against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the latter's reportedly remarks against - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/na.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/na.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rajasthan-high-court-dismisses-case-against-narendra-modi#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"High Profile Cases","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/high-profile-cases"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Rajasthan High Court dismisses case against Narendra Modi"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5bed6309aad9141bf373167e6730d0fc","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.in"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/legalnews"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16759,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/petition-seeking-narendra-modis-deposition-before-nanavati-panel-rejected","url_meta":{"origin":18244,"position":0},"title":"Petition seeking Narendra Modi&#8217;s deposition before Nanavati panel rejected","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"February 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In a reprieve for Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Gujarat High Court Wednesday rejected a petition seeking his deposition before the Nanavati-Mehta commission probing the 2002 communal riots in the state. \"The court has dismissed the appeal filed by NGO Jan Sangharsh Manch challenging the order of the commission on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;High Profile Cases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"High Profile Cases","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/high-profile-cases"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Chief-Minister-Narendra-Modi.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":55902,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-refuses-urgent-hearing-on-petition-seeking-stay-on-modi-biopic","url_meta":{"origin":18244,"position":1},"title":"Supreme Court Refuses Urgent Hearing On Petition Seeking Stay On Modi Biopic","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"April 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court on Friday refused urgent listing of a plea seeking a stay on the release of the biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, \"What biopic? We have not seen it. Perhaps we will watch it over the weekend, then\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Stay-On-Modi-Biopic.jpg?fit=759%2C420&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Stay-On-Modi-Biopic.jpg?fit=759%2C420&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Stay-On-Modi-Biopic.jpg?fit=759%2C420&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Stay-On-Modi-Biopic.jpg?fit=759%2C420&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":36778,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-rejects-petition-modi-2012-poll-affidavit","url_meta":{"origin":18244,"position":2},"title":"Court rejects petition against Modi over 2012 poll affidavit","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"February 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A court here today rejected the petition filed by a member of Aam Aadmi Party seeking legal action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for filing a 'defective' affidavit during the 2012 Gujarat Assembly polls. Judge G N Rana of Ahmedabad district sessions court rejected the plea of Nishant Verma mainly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;High Profile Cases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"High Profile Cases","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/high-profile-cases"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/modi.png?fit=225%2C225&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":60103,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/union-minister-gajendra-singh-shekhawat-gets-relief-in-scam-case","url_meta":{"origin":18244,"position":3},"title":"Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat gets relief in scam case","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"August 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"In a relief to union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a cooperative society scam case, the Rajasthan High Court has stayed the ADJ court order that had directed the magistrate court to send a criminal complaint for further investigation to the Special Operations Group (SOG). The complaint had named Shekhawat\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Gajendra-Singh-Shekhawat.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":53877,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gujarat-court-rejects-sanjiv-bhatts-custody-by-cid","url_meta":{"origin":18244,"position":4},"title":"Gujarat Court rejects, Sanjiv Bhatt\u2019s Custody By CID","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"September 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"PALANPUR:\u00a0A magisterial court in Palanpur,rejected remand application\u00a0of Gujarat CID (Crime)\u00a0of former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt\u00a0and a retired police inspector I B Vyas for 14 days and sent the two to Palanpur sub-jail, with a 22-year-old case of alleged planting of drugs to arrest a man. The CID in its plea\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/SANJIV_BHATT.jpg?fit=800%2C578&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/SANJIV_BHATT.jpg?fit=800%2C578&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/SANJIV_BHATT.jpg?fit=800%2C578&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/SANJIV_BHATT.jpg?fit=800%2C578&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2734,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/now-sit-can-question-modi-as-high-court-rejects-plea","url_meta":{"origin":18244,"position":5},"title":"Now SIT can question Modi as High Court rejects plea","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"July 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Gujarat High Court rejected a petition seeking to restrain the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team from proceeding against Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in a 2002 communal riots-related case. Judge D.H. Waghela also rejected a plea by the petitioner to at least grant a stay on the SIT\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-4Kg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}