The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 27, 2026) sought a response from Rahul Gandhi and others on a plea which alleged the Congress leader pushed a pregnant journalist during a march to the apex court on October 12.
A female journalist was manhandled in the court premises, Mr. Bhatia submitted. “A lady journalist was pushed by Rahul Gandhi in the Supreme Court precincts. She was three months pregnant and had to be hospitalised,” Mr. Bhatia had argued, adding that the Supreme Court may take cognisance of the matter. Gandhi and several prominent Opposition leaders, accompanied by their supporters, reached the Supreme Court to file a plea over alleged large-scale voter deletions and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
On October 12, Mr. Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, the Congress party and others on a plea against the October 12 march.
TheSupreme Court had earlier issued notices to Mr.
