New Delhi: Pushing for decriminalisation of defamation suits, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has moved the Supreme Court. He is seeking a stay on the Bombay High Court order dismissing his plea for quashing a defamation case against him for allegedly blaming the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi at an election rally in 2014.
The petition, which is listed for hearing on Thursday before the bench headed by Justice Dipak Mishra, has challenged the constitutional validity of the penal provisions dealing with defamation.
Gandhi's pleaseeking to quash the complaint filed by RSS activist Rajesh Kunte before a magisterial court in Bhiwandi in Thane district of Maharashtra was rejected by the Bombay High Court on March 10.
The Supreme Court will also hear Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy's petition on decriminalisation of defamation suits.
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