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The court said that there is no doubt that Article 19 (1) (A) of the Constitution guarantees speech and freedom of expression, but this freedom is subject to appropriate sanctions and does not include freedom to make derogatory statements for the Indian Army.
The Allahabad High Court has reprimanded the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for the comments made against Indian soldiers during the Bharat Jito Yatra. The High Court made this remark, dismissing a petition filed by Gandhi against a summons issued by a Lucknow court regarding the alleged derogatory remarks against the Indian Army during the 2022 India visit. The court said that there is no doubt that Article 19 (1) (A) of the Constitution guarantees speech and freedom of expression, but this freedom is subject to appropriate sanctions and does not include freedom to make derogatory statements for the Indian Army.
A defamation case was filed against Gandhi, as he said that Chinese soldiers are beating Indian soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh. The comment was made in 2022 during a press conference in Rajasthan. Rahul Gandhi had said that people will ask about Bharat Jito Yatra, here and there, Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot and what not to know. But they will not ask a single question about China capturing 2000 square kilometers Indian territory, killing 20 Indian soldiers and beating our soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh. The Indian press does not ask them a single question about this. is not that the truth? The country is watching all this. Do not show that people do not know.
A defamation case was registered against Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh and a summons was issued by the lower court. He then filed a petition in the Allahabad High Court demanding action and cancellation of summons. The defamation complaint was lodged by Uday Shankar Srivastava, former director of the Border Roads Organization (BRO). The complainant alleged that Gandhi repeatedly said that the Chinese army is ‘beating’ our soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh.
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