Senior advocate Sudeep Pasbola with advocate Kushal Mor, showing for Gandhi, argued that the grievance was frivolous, vexatious and politically motivated.
He warned that permitting particular person members of occasion to sue over remarks opens floodgates to bad-faith prosecutions.
The defence cited Part 199(2) of the Code of Prison Process (CrPC), arguing it legally bars this non-public grievance concerning a public servant.
He argued that as per clarification 2 underneath Part 499 of the Indian Penal Code, a political occasion will not be recognized as group of individuals eligible to file a defamation plea.
Gandhi requested the Excessive Courtroom to quash the Justice of the Peace’s order.
