His counsel informed the High Court on 10 June that he would not be able to appear on the specified date and requested 6 August instead. The court accepted the request.The defamation case was filed by Pratap Kumar, who alleged that Gandhi’s remarks at the rally were defamatory and deliberately intended to tarnish Shah’s image.Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, had arrived in Jharkhand on Tuesday to attend the funeral of veteran tribal leader and former Chief Minister Shibu Soren at his ancestral village, Nemra, in neighbouring Ramgarh district.Officials said Gandhi travelled by helicopter from Ranchi to Chaibasa, where a helipad had been set up at Tata College Ground.
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