The Supreme Court on Thursday extended till April 22, 2026 , its interim protection granted to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi , staying proceedings in a defamation case linked to his alleged remarks against the Indian Army made during the 2022 Bharat Jodo Yatra .

A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma admitted Gandhi’s appeal challenging an order of the Allahabad High Court, which had dismissed his plea against the summoning order issued by a trial court in Lucknow.

The top court had earlier, on August 4 , stayed the proceedings in the complaint case until further orders. Continuing that protection, the bench said it would now hear the matter in detail after responses are received.

During the earlier hearing, the bench had posed pointed questions to Gandhi re

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