Rahul Gandhi expresses remorse in defamation case by Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s son | India Information
3 min learnBhopalUp to date: Jun 25, 2026 05:37 PM IST
Chief of Opposition in Lok Sabha and senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi expressed remorse earlier than the Madhya Pradesh Excessive Court docket over remarks he made through the 2018 Meeting election marketing campaign that led to a felony defamation case filed by Kartikeya Singh Chouhan, son of former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Through the listening to of Gandhi’s petition difficult the felony proceedings towards him, his counsel knowledgeable the Jabalpur Bench of the Excessive Court docket that the Congress chief stood by a public clarification issued a day after the speech and regretted the faulty reference to Kartikeya Singh Chouhan.
In accordance with submissions made on Gandhi’s behalf, the allegedly defamatory assertion was made at an election rally in Jhabua on October 29, 2018, whereas referring to the Panama Papers controversy. His counsel advised the court docket that Gandhi realised the next day that Kartikeya Singh Chouhan’s identify had been talked about by mistake and publicly clarified on October 30, 2018, that he had meant to consult with the son of the then Chhattisgarh chief minister, and never Kartikeya Singh Chouhan or his father, the then Madhya Pradesh chief minister.
Gandhi’s lawyer additional submitted that the Congress chief continued to face by that clarification and had expressed remorse over the error. In view of the clarification and expression of remorse, Gandhi requested the Excessive Court docket to convey the felony proceedings pending earlier than the Particular MP/MLA Court docket in Bhopal to an finish.
The felony defamation case stems from remarks made by Gandhi through the 2018 Meeting election marketing campaign, when he alleged that Kartikeya Singh Chouhan’s identify figured within the Panama Papers leak. Kartikeya Singh denied the allegation, saying neither he nor his household had any reference to the offshore monetary paperwork, and subsequently filed a grievance below sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code, alleging that the assertion had broken his popularity.
The Particular MP/MLA Court docket in Bhopal took cognisance of the grievance in December 2024 and summoned Rahul Gandhi to face trial. Difficult that order, Gandhi moved the Excessive Court docket searching for to quash the proceedings.
Showing for Kartikeya Singh Chouhan, advocate Sankalp Kochhar stated, “We argued in court docket that Gandhi’s remorse be a part of the order and the appliance be then disposed off.”
