Principal District Judge AJ Mantri had dismissed Gandhi’s plea in December last year. However, the order was uploaded only on Tuesday. (Image: PTI)
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activist Vivek Champanerkar has sought a token compensation of Re 1 from Gandhi in a 2019 civil defamation case in which he accused the RSS of defaming the RSS by linking it to the 2017 murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh.
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A court in neighboring Thane district has dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea seeking transfer of the defamation suit filed against him by an RSS worker to another court. Principal District Judge AJ Mantri had dismissed Gandhi’s plea in December last year. However, the order was uploaded only on Tuesday.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker Vivek Champanerkar has sought a token compensation of Re 1 from Gandhi in a 2019 civil defamation case in which he accused the RSS of defaming the RSS by linking it to the 2017 murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh.
The suit is pending before the Civil Judge, Senior Division. Gandhi’s counsel argued that the matter should be transferred to the Civil Judge, Junior Division as the compensation sought by the plaintiff was less than Rs 5 lakh. The principal district judge noted in the order that Gandhi can raise the issue of economic jurisdiction before the same judge who is hearing the case.
Champanerkar’s lawyer Aditya Mishra had submitted that Gandhi’s plea was nothing but a “frivolous application” for delay in hearing. Lankesh was shot dead in September 2017 outside his house in Bengaluru allegedly by members of a right-wing extremist group.
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