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Supreme Court to Hear Journalist Plea Against Rahul Gandhi Over Alleged Assault
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Moneycontrol•16-10-2026, 12:08
Supreme Court to Hear Journalist Plea Against Rahul Gandhi Over Alleged Assault
- •The Supreme Court of India agreed to hear an application by a pregnant journalist, Richa Parashar, who accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of pushing and pulling her during an October 12 protest march.
- •Senior advocate Gaurav Bhatia mentioned the plea before a bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Bagchi, urging the court to take cognizance of the incident.
- •The journalist alleged that the incident occurred while she was covering a protest march led by opposition leaders against SIR from Barakhamba Road to the Supreme Court.
- •The Congress party has strongly rejected the allegations, calling the claims regarding Rahul Gandhi completely false.
Key Questions Answered
Journalist Richa Parashar alleged that LoP Rahul Gandhi grabbed, pushed, and pulled her during an INDIA bloc protest march to the Supreme Court on October 12, leading to her hospitalisation.
The Congress party completely rejected the allegations, calling the claims that Rahul Gandhi pushed a pregnant journalist during the protest entirely false.
Senior advocate Gaurav Bhatia mentioned the application before a bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Bagchi, where the CJI stated they would not take suo motu notice of an oral submission and asked for a proper petition to be filed for examination.
