{
  "id": 16584324,
  "title": "Rahul Gandhi acquitted in 2018 defamation case by Sultanpur MP-MLA court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/rahul-gandhi-acquitted-in-2018-defamation-case-by-sultanpur-mp-mla",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T09:39:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/videos/rahul-gandhi-acquitted-in-2018-defamation-case-by-sultanpur-mp-mla-court/article71626204.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi has been acquitted by an MP-MLA court in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, in a defamation case linked to remarks made during the 2018 Karnataka Assembly election campaign. The case, filed by a BJP leader in 2018 over comments allegedly referring to Amit Shah as a “murder accused”, was dismissed by the court after nearly eight years of legal…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Rahul Gandhi 'Not Guilty' In Defamation Case Over 2018 Amit Shah Remarks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/rahul-gandhi-not-guilty-in-defamation-case-over-2018-amit-shah-remarks",
        "published": "2026-10-26T06:12:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}