Published on : 18 Oct 2025, 4:37 am

Staff Reporter

Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court quashed a sessions court order permitting the complainant to examine three additional witnesses in a 2016 criminal defamation case lodged against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The court said that the grounds on which the complainant had sought the summoning of additional witnesses were 'unexplained and too vague' and that the complainant had not demonstrated in what manner their evidence bears any connection with the facts in hand, except for stating that these witnesses are material and vital.

The complainant alleged that Gandhi went to Barpeta and took part in a Padayatra and addressed a public rally at Medhirtari. It was further alleged that Gandhi was supposed to visit Barpeta Satra (Vaishnavite

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