Jharkhand High Court grants interim relief to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in connection with a defamation case against him over his alleged statement "why all thieves share the Modi surname" remark.
The High Court put a stay on coercive action against Gandhi till the next order and also issued a notice to the petitioner, advocate Pradeep Modi, in the matter.
The order came on a petition filed by Rahul Gandhi against the summon issued against him by a lower court, which is trying the defamation case.
The Gandhi scion had made the remarks during campaigning for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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