A court in Maharashtra's Thane district on Saturday adjourned the hearing of a defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker until December 6. Bhiwandi Joint Civil Judge, Junior Division, PM Kolse, is currently hearing the case.
When the matter came up for hearing on Saturday, the counsel for the complainant, Rajesh Kunte, advocate Prabodh Jaywant, moved an application seeking permission to examine Inspector Ashok Saykar of the Nizampura police station as a witness.
The court had previously directed the Nizampura police to conduct a probe and submit a report in connection with the case. The inspector had subsequently submitted the probe report to the court, and the complainant's counsel wished to examine the officer regarding this.
The matter was originally scheduled to be heard next on November 29. However, Gandhi’s counsel, advocate Narayan Iyer, moved an application seeking an adjournment due to the non-availability of his (Gandhi's) legal team on that specific day. The court then adjourned the hearing until December 6.
Kunte filed the criminal defamation case over the Congress leader's alleged statement at an election rally near Bhiwandi on March 6th, 2014, that "the RSS people killed (Mahatma) Gandhi."
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