Allahabad HC Rejects Rahul Gandhi's Plea Against Summoning Order In Defamation Case Over 'Remarks' On Indian Army
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow bench) today DISMISSED a plea filed by LoP Rahul Gandhi against a Lucknow Court's order summoning him in a Defamation case filed over his alleged remark on the Indian Army during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2022.A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi passed this order on Gandhi's plea, who had moved the HC challenging the defamation case as well as the summoning...
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow bench) today DISMISSED a plea filed by LoP Rahul Gandhi against a Lucknow Court's order summoning him in a Defamation case filed over his alleged remark on the Indian Army during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2022.
A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi passed this order on Gandhi's plea, who had moved the HC challenging the defamation case as well as the summoning order passed in February 2025 by an MP MLA court in Lucknow.
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The defamation complaint, filed by former Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Director Uday Shankar Srivastava, states that the alleged derogatory remarks by Gandhi were made on December 16, 2022, during his Bharat Jodo Yatra.
The complaint adds that Gandhi's objectionable comments, pertaining to a clash between the Indian and Chinese armies on December 9, 2022, had defamed the Indian Army.
Gandhi was represented by Advocates Pranshu Agrawal, Mohd Yasir Abbasi and Mohammed Samar Ansari.
Case title - Rahul Gandhi vs. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Distt. Lko. and Another 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 200
Case citation : 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 200