The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reserved orders on a petition filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking the quashing of a defamation complaint over his alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A single bench of Justice N R Borkar heard the plea and closed it for orders.
The defamation plaint was lodged against Gandhi before a magistrate’s court in Girgaon in August 2019 by Mahesh Hukumchand Shrishrimal, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
According to the complainant, Gandhi had made defamatory statements against PM Modi at a rally in Rajasthan in September 2018.
The magistrate’s court had issued a summons to Gandhi, who challenged it in the High Court, terming the complaint frivolous and vexatious, which deserved to be quashed.