Bengaluru, Feb. 17 -- The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed the defamation case filed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The state unit of the party had alleged that Gandhi had shared a series of unsubstantiated allegations against the previous BJP-led government on the front pages of mainstream English and Kannada dailies, and also on X ahead of the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections.

Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav-headed bench has allowed Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking quashing of the order passed by the Special Court of Representatives in Bengaluru.

"Continuation of the proceedings in the trial court would amount to an abuse of the process of law. Accordingly, the pr...