RSS's Defamation Case : Day To Day Trial To Commence Against Rahul Gandhi From Feb 5
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The trial in the criminal defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by an activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh will be heard every day starting February 5, a Thane court decided on Saturday.Civil court judge and judicial magistrate first class at Bhiwandi, JV Paliwal, passed the order.The court cited a recent order of the Supreme Court which called for a speedy disposal...
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The trial in the criminal defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by an activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh will be heard every day starting February 5, a Thane court decided on Saturday.
Civil court judge and judicial magistrate first class at Bhiwandi, JV Paliwal, passed the order.
The court cited a recent order of the Supreme Court which called for a speedy disposal of all cases involving elected representatives. The court held that the case against Gandhi fell under the same category and hence needs to be taken up on priority, fast-tracked and heard on a day-to-day basis.
The magistrate then asked both parties- advocates Prabodh Jaywant for the complainant and advocate Narayan Iyer for Rahul Gandhi, if they were prepared for the day-to-day hearing.
Rajesh Kunte, a local worker of the RSS, had in 2014 filed the case against Rahul Gandhi after watching his speech in Thane's Bhiwandi township, where the Congress leader alleged that the Sangh was behind the killing of Mahatma Gandhi.
Kunte had claimed in his case that this statement slandered the reputation of the RSS. In 2018, a Thane court had framed charges against Gandhi in the case under sections 499 and 500 of the IPC after he had pleaded not guilty.