The Supreme Court (SC) has closed a contempt case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his ‘chowkidar chor hai’ remark with a ‘word of caution’ to him and observed that no court should be dragged into political discourse.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi closed the contempt petition and accepted Rahul Gandhi's apology for wrongly attributing his infamous ‘chowkidar chor hai’ remark in Rafale case to PM Narendra Modi and opined that a person holding a place of importance in political spectrum should have been more careful. The apex court stated in the verdict ‘We would not like to continue these proceedings further and, thus, close the contempt proceedings with a word of caution for the contemnor to be more careful in the future. No court should be dragged into this political discourse’.
The comments were made by Gandhi in pursuant to the top court's order on the Rafale deal. Gandhi, who was then the president of the Congress party, allegedly said that the apex court had accepted that 'chowkidar' (a reference to PM Modi), is a ‘chor' (thief).
Meenakshi Lekhi, BJP lawmaker, has accused Gandhi of misquoting the court and filed a contempt petition. Gandhi had then tendered an unconditional apology to the court and sought closure of the contempt proceedings against him. The bench, also comprising Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph, today observed that Gandhi made allegations without verification.
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