The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it clear that Congress president Rahul Gandhi has to either offer a clear-cut apology or brave criminal contempt for attributing Hindi phrase chowkidar chor hai targetting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the court. “And what is this 'regret' written inside brackets?” Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi asked Mr. Singhvi. Mr. Singhvi said his client would apologise for the attribution. It made it clear that this opportunity should not be construed by Mr. Gandhi as an “acceptance or acknowledgement” of what he said in the present one. Mr. Gandhi said in his explanation that the comment was made with rhetorical flourish in the heat of political campaigning.

Source: The Hindu April 30, 2019 12:45 UTC