{"id":57742,"date":"2019-10-11T12:15:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T06:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=57742"},"modified":"2019-10-11T12:15:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T06:45:07","slug":"thieves-have-modi-surname-remarks-rahul-pleads-not-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/thieves-have-modi-surname-remarks-rahul-pleads-not-guilty","title":{"rendered":"Thieves have Modi surname&#8221; remarks : Rahul pleads not guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/rahul.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"57743\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/thieves-have-modi-surname-remarks-rahul-pleads-not-guilty\/rahul-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/rahul.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" 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\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/rahul.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/rahul.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-57743\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/rahul.jpg?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/rahul.jpg?w=275&amp;ssl=1 275w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/rahul.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/rahul.jpg?resize=272%2C182&amp;ssl=1 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday appeared before a magisterial court and pleaded not guilty in a criminal defamation case filed against him for his &#8220;why do all thieves share the Modi surname&#8221; remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Gandhi appeared before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate B H Kapadia here and pleaded not guilty when asked by the court whether he accept the charges, levelled against him by BJP legislator from Surat-West, Purnesh Modi.<\/p>\n<p>After Gandhi&#8217;s plea was recorded, his lawyers moved an application seeking a permanent exemption from personal appearance in the next hearings. After Modi&#8217;s lawyers raised objection to the exemption plea, the court said it will decide on the plea on December 10.<\/p>\n<p>The court said Gandhi is not required to remain present during the next hearing on that date.<\/p>\n<p>During the last hearing in July, the court had granted Gandhi exemption from personal appearance for that hearing and fixed October 10 as the next date of hearing.<\/p>\n<p>In his complaint, the BJP legislator had alleged the Congress leader had defamed the entire Modi community with his remarks, made during the Lok Sabha campaign this year.<\/p>\n<p>The court, while admitting the suit, had held that there was a prima facie case of criminal defamation against the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad.<\/p>\n<p>At a campaign rally at Kolar in Karnataka on April 13, Gandhi had said, &#8220;Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi, Narendra Modi&#8230; how come they all have Modi as common surname? How come all thieves have Modi as common surname?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In his complaint, Purnesh Modi had said the Congress leader had defamed the entire Modi community with his statement.<\/p>\n<p>Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda on Tuesday held a meeting with local party leaders in view of Gandhi&#8217;s visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday appeared before a magisterial court and pleaded not guilty in a criminal defamation case filed against him for his &#8220;why do all thieves share the Modi surname&#8221; remarks. 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