{"id":40039,"date":"2015-11-24T05:02:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T23:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40039"},"modified":"2015-11-24T05:02:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T23:32:33","slug":"sc-refuses-urgent-hearing-on-rahul-gandhis-citizenship-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-urgent-hearing-on-rahul-gandhis-citizenship-row","title":{"rendered":"SC refuses urgent hearing on Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s citizenship row"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37715\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/rahul-gandhi.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37715\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-stays-defamation-proceedings-against-rahul-gandhi\/rahul-gandhi-5\" 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