00:00Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has two major legal battles listed before the Supreme Court today.
00:06The first case involves a criminal defamation appeal over his 2019 election slogan against Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
00:13where he chanted, Chokhidar Chor Hai.
00:15After the Bombay High Court refused to dismiss the trial, Rahul appealed the Supreme Court to stop the court from
00:21proceeding with the case.
00:22The second case is a challenge against a disproportionate arrest case inquiry ordered by the Allahabad High Court.
00:29A private complaint accused Gandhi of holding assets exceeding his known income.
00:34This had led the High Court to direct the CBI and ED to verify the claims and Rahul Gandhi had
00:40challenged this as a procedural violation
00:42and the Supreme Court previously stepped in to protect him by staying the inquiry.
00:48My colleague Anisha Mathur continues to stay with us.
00:51Anisha, today there are two legal battles involving Rahul Gandhi in the Supreme Court,
00:56which also includes one where he had made a remark against the Prime Minister calling Chokhidar Chor Hai.
01:03Well, yes, Anjali.
01:04Now, while we are still waiting for the petition over the SIR issue filed by the India Block to be
01:10listed before the Supreme Court,
01:12there are already pending matters filed by Rahul Gandhi that are already before the Supreme Court.
01:18One, of course, being that defamation case in the Chokhidar Chor Hai remark where his appeal against the High Court
01:24order is pending.
01:25The second one being his plea against the complaint that has been filed against him for alleged disproportionate assets.
01:34Now, these are older petitions that have been pending for a long time.
01:39We'll have to wait and see whether there is any hearing, whether these matters get taken up.
01:43But for Rahul Gandhi, really, yesterday's spectacle that the India Block had made,
01:49the huge number of people who came on the streets, who came to the Supreme Court,
01:55we'll have to wait and see when that matter will actually be heard.
01:58But for now, in the courts, life goes on as usual and the older matters that have been pending for
02:04a while are scheduled for hearing.
02:06Back to you.
02:07All right, Anisha.
02:08Thank you for those details.
02:09So, as there are flaws that have been flagged by the Supreme Court registry in the India Block's petition against
02:14the Election Commission,
02:15there are two other cases involving Rahul Gandhi that will be listed in the top court today.
