SC to hear defamation case against Rahul Gandhi today

July 09, 2016 09:20

The Supreme Court will on Saturday hear the plea of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi seeking a stay on the Bombay High Court order, refusing to quash the defamation case against him over his remark on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

Gandhi's counsel had earlier argued that there are several judgements and evidence that would prove that the defamation case filed against him was frivolous.

According to reports, the Congress vice president had also turned down the Supreme Court's offer to express regret for his comment holding the RSS responsible for Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and get the defamation case filed against him buried.

Earlier, Gandhi had also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party and the RSS of trying to disrupt the plural but harmonious social fabric in Assam.

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