In 2018, Rahul Gandhi had said that even a murderer can be the national president of BJP.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the trial court proceedings in the ongoing defamation case against Rahul Gandhi. The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta has issued a notice to the Jharkhand government and the BJP leader and sought their response.
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During a speech in Chaibasa, Jharkhand before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Gandhi had called Shah a murderer. After this, BJP worker Naveen Jha had filed a defamation case against Rahul Gandhi for making derogatory remarks against Amit Shah in 2019.
During the hearing, Rahul’s lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi argued that many judicial decisions have said that only the aggrieved person can file a criminal defamation complaint. The complaint was filed on behalf of a third party. Doing so is not acceptable in a defamation case.
Singhvi asked-
If you are not the aggrieved person, how can you get a proxy to file a complaint?
Even in 2018, Rahul had called Shah a murderer
Even in 2018, in the Congress session held in Chaibasa, Rahul had said, ‘Any murderer in BJP can become the national president. At that time Shah was the national president of BJP. After this statement of Rahul, BJP Yuva Morcha State Vice President Pratap Katiyar had filed a case in the CJM court of Chaibasa.
The case was transferred to Ranchi MP-MLA court.
The case filed in Chaibasa was transferred to Ranchi MP-MLA court for hearing. Later, after the MP-MLA court started in Chaibasa, it was again transferred to Chaibasa. During the hearing here, Justice Rishi Kumar rejected the petition filed by Rahul Gandhi and gave notice to appear.
Defamation cases filed against Rahul from 2014 to 2022…
- 2014 Rahul Gandhi had accused the Sangh of killing Mahatma Gandhi. A Sangh worker had filed a case against Rahul under sections 499 and 500 of the IPC. This case is going on in Bhiwandi court of Maharashtra.
- 2016 In 2017, a defamation case was registered against Rahul Gandhi in Guwahati, Assam under sections 499 and 500. According to the complainant, Rahul Gandhi had said that Sangh members did not allow him to enter the 16th century Vaishnav monastery Barpeta Satra in Assam. This has harmed the image of the Sangh. This matter is also still pending in the court.
- 2018 Another case was registered against Rahul Gandhi in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. This case is going on in the court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate of Ranchi. A defamation case of Rs 20 crore has been registered against Rahul under sections 499 and 500 of IPC. In this, objection has been raised to Rahul’s statement in which he had said ‘Modi is a thief’.
- 2018 In the same year, another defamation case was registered against Rahul Gandhi in Maharashtra. This case is going on in Shivri Court located in Mazgaon. A case of defamation has been registered under sections 499 and 500 of IPC. The case was filed by a union worker. Rahul is accused of linking Gauri Lankesh’s murder with the ideology of BJP and Sangh.
- 2018 In 2017, ADC Bank Chairman Ajay Patel had filed a defamation case in the court. Rahul had alleged that after demonetization on November 8, 2016, old notes worth Rs 745.58 crore were exchanged in the Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank in five days. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is also included in the directors of this bank.
- 2017 A defamation complaint was filed in Mumbai against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly linking RSS to the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru. The complainant said that the spirit of the statement of the accused is defamatory and tarnishes the image of the Sangh in the eyes of the people.
- 2018 In 2017, Rahul made fun of BJP on the Rafale fighter jet deal and wrote the caption while tweeting – The Sad Truth about India Commander in Thief. In this case, a defamation case was filed against Rahul in a Gurgaon court.
- 2019 In Jabalpur, the then BJP President Amit Shah was accused of murder. Regarding this, a defamation case was filed against Rahul in Ahmedabad court.
- 2019 In Jharkhand, Rahul said – Congress will not accept a murderer from BJP as the party president. On this statement, a defamation case was filed in Chaibasa and Ranchi.
- 2022 Rahul said that Savarkar signed an apology from the British before independence. In this matter, Savarkar’s grandson Vinayak Savarkar lodged a complaint at Shivaji Park Police Station in Mumbai.
