SC Critical of Trial Court Ordering Probe in Rahul Defamation Case

Rahul Gandhi sought the quashing of the defamation complaint after he said that the RSS killed Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi accused RSS of assassinating Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

• The Supreme Court was critical of the trial court in Maharashtra asking the cops to probe the criminal defamation complaint lodged against Rahul Gandhi for his remarks allegedly accusing the RSS of assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
  
  
• The Supreme Court held that the police has no role in a private criminal defamation case. The apex court said that magistrates cannot call for a report from the police and whatever has to be established, should be by the complainant himself.
  
  
• The remarks finding fault with the trial court order comes a week after the same bench said that Gandhi should not have resorted to “collective denunciation” of an organisation (RSS) and will have to face trial if he does not express regret.
  

(With agency inputs from PTI.)