In May the Allahabad High Court had rejected Rahul Gandhi's plea challenging a summons issued a special court, for elected representatives, in Lucknow.
New Delhi:Rahul Gandhi was given a sharp rebuke by the Supreme Court Monday even as it stayed proceedings in a criminal defamation case arising from comments - about the Army and the 'surrender' of 2,000 sq km of Indian territory to China - made during his 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'.
A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AG Masih took strong exception to the Congress MP's remarks about the June 2020 violence in Ladakh's Galwan Valley and the death of 20 Indian soldiers.
Mr Gandhi had claimed 2,000 sq km of Indian territory has since been occupied by China after the clash and he blamed Prime MInister Narendra Modi and his government for the 'surrender'.
"How did you get to know that 2,000 sq km of Indian land has been taken over by the Chinese? If you are a true Indian... you won't say all of this" Justice Datta said about Mr Gandhi's remarks.
"Were you there? Do you have any credible material?" the court asked Mr Gandhi.
Appearing for the Congress leader, senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi countered, "If he can't say these things... how can he be the Leader of Opposition?"
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