On Monday the Supreme Court stayed trial court proceedings against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case filed against him for alleged defamatory remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Naveen Jha, a BJP worker, had filed the case against Rahul Gandhi in 2019 for his alleged remarks against Amit Shah. Before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, during one of his public speeches Gandhi had allegedly referred to Shah as a ‘murderer’.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta issued notice to the Jharkhand government and the BJP leader while seeking their response on Gandhi’s appeal.
Gandhi has challenged the Jharkhand High Court order, which rejected his petition to quash proceedings against him in a trial court with the complaint.
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