SC reserves verdict in Rahul contempt case

NEW DELHI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi urged the Supreme Court on Friday to close the criminal contempt proceedings against him for wrongly attributing to it his “chowkidar chor hai” remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has already tendered an unconditional apology for that.
However, the counsel appearing for petitioner and BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi told a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that apology tendered by Gandhi should be rejected and action be taken against him under the law.
The bench, also comprising Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph, reserved its verdict on the plea filed against Gandhi by Lekhi who alleged that he attributed his personal remarks to the top court and tried to create prejudice.
The Congress president had made the remarks on April 10, the day the apex court had dismissed the Centre’s preliminary objections over the admissibility of certain documents for supporting the review petitions against the December 14 last year verdict in the Rafale fighter jets deal case. (PTI)