The opposition leader in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. File | Photo Credit: Neither
The Allahabad High Court last week, which observed that freedom of expression was subject to adequate restrictions, rejected the relief of the opposition leader in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, in the event of defamation against him for his alleged remarks against the Indian army.
The rejection of Mr Gandhi’s action, which challenges the case of defamation, as well as the summoning order approved in February 2025 by the MP-MLA court in Lucknow, the justice bench Subhash Vidyarthi 29. of cases.
“Undoubtedly, regarding the fact that Article 19 (1) (a) of India’s Constitution guarantees freedom of expression and expression, but this freedom is subject to adequate restriction It is in line with the fact that it is stored.
The matter concerns the case filed against Mr. Gandhi by the former director of the Border Roads Organization (BRO), Uday Shankar Srivastava, who claimed that his statement, after a collision between the Indian and Chinese Army 9, 2022, defamed the Indian army. The notes were made by Mr. Gandhi during the Bharat Congress Jodo Yatra 16 December 2022.
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The application quoted Mr. Gandhi as allegedly and said, “People will ask about Bharat Jodo Yatra, here and there, Ashok Gahlot and Sachin pilot and what, but they will not ask for a single question about China that would capture 2000 square kilometers, not 2000 kilometers, not to be 2000 km2. It is that it is on the nation, it is not on them that it is on the nation.
In February, the lower court in Lucknow convened Mr. Gandhi in the case that the leader of the congress joined the High Court. Mr. Gandhi said in his plea that the complainant was not an officer of the Indian army, and therefore the case did not hold water.
In the rejection of the Congress leader, the High Court noted that, according to Section 199 (1) of Cr.
Published – 4 June 2025 20:59
