{"id":40086,"date":"2015-11-26T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T01:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40086"},"modified":"2015-11-26T07:00:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T01:30:14","slug":"defamation-case-against-rahul-gandhi-interim-stay-to-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/defamation-case-against-rahul-gandhi-interim-stay-to-continue","title":{"rendered":"Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi: Interim stay to continue"},"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\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/rahul-gandhi.jpg?fit=262%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"262,192\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rahul gandhi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/rahul-gandhi.jpg?fit=262%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/rahul-gandhi.jpg?fit=262%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37715 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/rahul-gandhi.jpg?resize=262%2C192&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi: Interim stay to continue\" width=\"262\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi: Interim stay to continue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today decided to continue interim stay of criminal proceedings against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case lodged against him for remarks allegedly holding RSS responsible for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.<\/p>\n<p>A bench comprising justices Dipak Misra and P C Pant also asked the respondent, RSS activist Rajesh Kunte, to file his response within four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, the counsel appearing for Gandhi did not agree to the suggestion of the bench that he can settle the defamation case by regretting his alleged statement.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court had on May 7 stayed the proceedings against Rahul, pending before a magisterial court in Bhiwandi in Thane district of Maharashtra.<\/p>\n<p>It was alleged by Kunte, secretary of Bhiwandi unit of RSS, that Rahul told an election rally at Sonale on March 6 that &#8220;RSS people killed Gandhiji&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Congress leader had sought to tarnish the reputation of the Sangh through his speech.<\/p>\n<p>Following the complaint, the magistrates court had initiated proceedings and issued notice to Rahul directing him to appear before it.<\/p>\n<p>The Congress leader then approached the High Court seeking exemption from appearance and quashing of the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Rahuls lawyers had argued that complaint was motivated and malafide and deserved to be quashed.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution had opposed the petition and argued that Rahul can plead his case and lead evidence during trial before the magistrate.<\/p>\n<p>The High Court had dismissed the petition and refused to grant stay on its order. It had allowed the Congress leader time to appeal against its order in the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI\u00a0)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today decided to continue interim stay of criminal proceedings against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case lodged against him for remarks allegedly holding RSS responsible for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. 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