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The Supreme Court connected Thursday (December 4, 2025) extended till April 22 its interim bid staying proceedings against Congress person Rahul Gandhi successful a lawsuit related to his alleged derogatory remarks against the Indian Army during his 2022 Bharat Jodo Yatra.
A Bench of Justices M. M. Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma admitted the entreaty filed by Mr. Gandhi, and said it volition perceive the substance successful detail.
The Bench was proceeding Mr. Gandhi's plea challenging a May 29 bid of the Allahabad High Court dismissing his plea challenging the proceedings court's summoning bid successful the case.
While proceeding Mr. Gandhi's plea connected August 4, the apical tribunal stayed till the adjacent day of proceeding further proceedings successful the lawsuit pending earlier a tribunal successful Lucknow.
"How bash you get to cognize that 2,000 sq. km. of Indian territory has been occupied by the Chinese? Were you there? Do you person immoderate credible material?" the Bench had earlier asked Mr. Gandhi astir his alleged remarks. "Why bash you marque these statements without having immoderate material? If you are a existent Indian, you won't accidental specified a thing," it added.
The apical tribunal had past issued announcement to the Uttar Pradesh Government and the complainant successful the lawsuit seeking their responses connected Mr. Gandhi's plea.
Senior advocator Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Mr. Gandhi, had told the apex tribunal that it would beryllium an unfortunate concern if the Leader of Opposition cannot rise issues.
He referred to Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and said anterior proceeding of the accused was mandatory earlier the tribunal took cognisance of a transgression complaint, which was not done successful the contiguous case.
In his plea filed successful a court, complainant Udai Shanker Srivastava alleged that Mr. Gandhi made respective derogatory remarks against the Indian Army successful discourse of the clashes with Chinese soldiers during his December 2022 yatra.
The proceedings tribunal summoned Mr. Gandhi arsenic an accused to look proceedings for the alleged offence of defamation. Mr. Gandhi's advocator Pranshu Agarwal argued that the allegations appeared to beryllium fabricated, conscionable by speechmaking the complaint.
It was besides argued that Mr. Gandhi is not a nonmigratory of Lucknow. So the proceedings tribunal should person investigated the veracity of the allegations earlier summoning him connected this complaint, and helium should person been summoned lone if the allegations were prima facie recovered to beryllium acceptable for trial.
