NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi nowadays pleaded "not guilty" in a Bhiwandi court docket on Tuesday in reference to a defamation case filed against him by way of an RSS employee in 2014.
The Congress president's plea came after the court docket framed fees against him and browse them out within the court docket after he took the stand.
The case was filed against Rahul after he mentioned - at a rally in Bhiwandi in 2014 - that the RSS was involved within the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
"(The complainant) says you defamed complainant's organisation, that is RSS. Reputation of complainant and organisation was harmed ... Have you received copies (of this)?" mentioned the pass judgement on, to which Rahul responded within the affirmative.
Last month, Bhiwandi court docket requested the Congress president to seem sooner than it on June 12 to record his plea. At that time, the court docket heard arguments on Rahul's application and sought an in depth recording of evidence instead of a 'summary trial'.
While the trial in such circumstances is usually held summarily, Rahul filed an application in April seeking that it's a 'summons trial'.
"A summary trial is short and will be completed with just submitting the written arguments. We have sought for a summons trial which would go into the in-depth recording of the evidence," mentioned Rahul's legal professional at the time.
Rahul had earlier moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the case. The apex court docket however mentioned in July 2016 mentioned the Congress president should now not have resorted to "collective denunciation" of an organisation and would have to face trial if he didn't express regret for his observation.
The Congress president declined to simply accept the highest court docket's recommendation and expressed willingness to face the trial.
The Congress president's plea came after the court docket framed fees against him and browse them out within the court docket after he took the stand.
The case was filed against Rahul after he mentioned - at a rally in Bhiwandi in 2014 - that the RSS was involved within the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
"(The complainant) says you defamed complainant's organisation, that is RSS. Reputation of complainant and organisation was harmed ... Have you received copies (of this)?" mentioned the pass judgement on, to which Rahul responded within the affirmative.
Last month, Bhiwandi court docket requested the Congress president to seem sooner than it on June 12 to record his plea. At that time, the court docket heard arguments on Rahul's application and sought an in depth recording of evidence instead of a 'summary trial'.
While the trial in such circumstances is usually held summarily, Rahul filed an application in April seeking that it's a 'summons trial'.
"A summary trial is short and will be completed with just submitting the written arguments. We have sought for a summons trial which would go into the in-depth recording of the evidence," mentioned Rahul's legal professional at the time.
Rahul had earlier moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the case. The apex court docket however mentioned in July 2016 mentioned the Congress president should now not have resorted to "collective denunciation" of an organisation and would have to face trial if he didn't express regret for his observation.
The Congress president declined to simply accept the highest court docket's recommendation and expressed willingness to face the trial.
Rahul Gandhi pleads 'not guilty' in defamation case filed by RSS worker
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