{
  "id": 16570043,
  "title": "Rahul Gandhi’s 2018 Defamation Case Over Amit Shah Remarks Dismissed By Sultanpur Court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/rahul-gandhis-2018-defamation-case-over-amit-shah-remarks-dismissed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T06:40:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/rahul-gandhis-2018-defamation-case-over-amit-shah-remarks-dismissed-by-sultanpur-court"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A special MP/MLA court in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on Monday dismissed a criminal defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his alleged remarks about Union Home Minister Amit Shah in 2018. The case stemmed from comments Gandhi reportedly made when Shah was serving as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president. The decision brings a legal development in a case that…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Sultanpur court acquits Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in defamation case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/sultanpur-court-acquits-congress-leader-rahul-gandhi-in-defamation",
        "published": "2026-10-26T06:12:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}