Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi has approached the Bombay High Court against an order passed by the Magistrate court at Bhiwandi allowing transcripts of his alleged defamatory speech to be exhibited as.
The bench, while upholding the magistrate’s order, observed that an accused has the right to “remain silent” under Article 20 (3) of the Constitution and the same is “sacrosanct” in a criminal trial.
Kunte had in 2014 filed a private complaint before the Bhiwandi magistrate's court after watching Gandhi's speech where he allegedly accused the RSS of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination. Kunte claimed this statement slandered the reputation of the RSS., India News, Times Now