Supreme Court Rahul Gandhi Case: The Supreme Court expressed displeasure over Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Chinese soldiers beating Indian soldiers’. However, proceedings on defamation case were banned. Know the whole matter.
Rahul gandhi china remark: The Supreme Court has made strict remarks in a hearing of a case against Rahul Gandhi. The case is related to Rahul Gandhi’s controversial remarks during the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ between the Indian Army and China during the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ on a clash in the Tawang Sector (Tawang Sector). The court expressed displeasure over the Leader of Opposition making such remarks. The bench asked that Rahul Gandhi finally gave the statement on the basis of which source.
‘Was you present on the spot?’ Supreme court
The bench of Justice Dipankar Dutta and AG Christ raised strong objection to the statement ‘Chinese soldiers are beating Indian soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh’ and questioned whether they had any reliable source of saying so? During the hearing, the court asked if you were present there? Do you have any proof? If you are a true Indian then you will not do this kind of things.
Rahul Gandhi had claimed that China had captured 2,000 square kilometers of Indian land and for this he held responsible for dedication to Prime Minister Modi and the Central Government.
‘Then why not say in Parliament?’ Court’s sarcasm response
Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the Congress leader, argued that if Rahul Gandhi cannot say all this, then how would he become the leader of the opposition? On this, Justice Dutta turned back and said that then why don’t you say these things in Parliament?
Action on proceedings on defamation case, but petition not dismissed
The Supreme Court has currently banned the criminal defamation case against Rahul Gandhi but did not dismiss the petition. The court issued a notice on the case and questioned the process of registering a case without hearing on behalf of the UP Police.
What happened in courts so far?
- February 2024: Special Court of Lucknow issued summons to Rahul Gandhi.
- May 2024: Allahabad High Court dismissed his petition and said that freedom of expression (Freedom of Speech) does not mean an insult to the army.
- Rahul Gandhi’s argument was that this is a matter of political revenge, a matter and the special court should have investigated the complaint.
- The case was registered on the complaint of a person named Uday Shankar Srivastava, who alleged that Rahul Gandhi’s remarks had hurt the reputation of the Indian Army.