The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the proceedings against Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case pending against him in a Jharkhand court over his alleged “murder” remark against Union Home Minister Amit Shah in 2018.
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Court Questions Proxy Filing of Complaint in Defamation Case Against Rahul Gandhi
The court issued a notice to the state government and the complainant, Navin Jha, seeking their responses to Gandhi’s petition that challenges a February 2024 order from the Jharkhand High Court, which had refused to dismiss the summons issued to him by the trial court.
If you are not the person aggrieved, how can you have a proxy filing of complaint. Bar and Bench quoted Singhvi asking during the hearing.
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Rahul Gandhi’s “Murderer” Remark BJP Worker Files Case, High Court Rejects Plea
During one of his public speeches in Chaibasa before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Gandhi had allegedly referred to Shah as a “murderer”. Naveen Jha, a BJP worker, filed a case against Gandhi in 2019 for his alleged remarks against Shah.
The Congress leader then moved the Jharkhand high court, challenging the order to appear. The single bench judge dismissed Gandhi’s plea, noting that his remarks were “prima facie defamatory in nature.
Ranchi Court Orders Fresh Review of Defamation Case Against Gandhi
A Judicial Commissioner in Ranchi overturned a magistrate court’s dismissal of Jha’s complaint and directed the magistrate to review the plea based on “evidence on record” and pass fresh orders to proceed further in the case.
In November 2018, the magistrate court concluded that sufficient grounds existed against the Congress leader to proceed under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Fresh summons were also issued for Gandhi’s appearance.
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