New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on filed Monday his reply in the Supreme Court on a notice issued to him after a contempt case was lodged by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi for his remarks on the Rafale verdict.
The counsel appearing for Gandhi mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and said they be allowed to file a reply on the contempt notice. The bench, also comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, allowed advocate Sunil Fernandes, who was appearing for Rahul, to file the counter affidavit.
The apex court had April 23 issued criminal contempt notice to Gandhi for his ’chowkidar chor hai’ remark on Prime Minister Narendra Modi while referring to the Rafale judgment, which the apex court said was ‘incorrectly attributed’ to it.