Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. File | Photograph Credit score: Sushil Kumar Verma
The Supreme Courtroom on Thursday (November 20, 2025) prolonged until December 4 its interim order staying proceedings towards Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in a case associated to his alleged derogatory remarks towards the Indian Military throughout his 2022 Bharat Jodo Yatra.
A Bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma deferred the listening to within the matter, noting there was a letter circulated for adjournment.
The Bench was listening to Mr. Gandhi’s plea difficult a Could 29 order of the Allahabad Excessive Courtroom dismissing his plea difficult the trial courtroom’s summoning order within the case.
Whereas listening to Mr. Gandhi’s plea on August 4, the Supreme Courtroom stayed until the following date of listening to additional proceedings within the case pending earlier than a courtroom in Lucknow.
“How do you get to know that 2,000 sq km of Indian territory has been occupied by Chinese language? Have been you there? Do you have got any credible materials?” the Bench had earlier requested Mr. Gandhi about his alleged remarks.
“Why do you make these statements with out having any materials? If you’re a real Indian, you will not say such a factor,” it added.
The Supreme Courtroom had then issued discover to the Uttar Pradesh Authorities and the complainant within the case looking for their responses on Mr. Gandhi’s plea.
Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, showing for Gandhi, had informed the Supreme Courtroom that it could be an unlucky state of affairs if the Chief of Opposition can’t elevate points. He referred to Part 223 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and stated prior listening to of the accused was obligatory earlier than the courtroom took cognizance of a prison grievance, which was not finished within the current case.
In his plea filed in a courtroom, complainant Udai Shanker Srivastava alleged that Gandhi made a number of derogatory remarks towards the Indian Military in context of the clashes with Chinese language troopers throughout his December 2022 yatra.
The trial courtroom summoned Mr. Gandhi as an accused going through trial for the alleged offense of defamation. Mr. Gandhi’s advocate Pranshu Agarwal argued that the allegations seemed to be fabricated, simply by studying the grievance.
It was additionally argued that Mr. Gandhi is just not a resident of Lucknow. So the trial courtroom ought to have investigated the veracity of the allegations earlier than summoning him on this grievance, and he ought to have been summoned provided that the allegations have been prima facie discovered to be match for trial.
Revealed – November 20, 2025 12:39 pm IST