Bombay High Court refuses to quash summons against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi

Mumbai, September 08
The Bombay High Court today refused to quash summons issued to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case over his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A single bench of Justice N R Borkar dismissed Gandhi’s petition challenging a magistrate court order that initiated proceedings against him.

The High Court, however, continued its 2021 direction to defer the hearing before the magistrate for six weeks, allowing Gandhi to approach the Supreme Court.

The case stems from a defamation complaint over Gandhi’s 2018 remarks on the Rafale deal. His lawyers called the complaint frivolous, but the High Court found no illegality in the magistrate’s order and declined to interfere.