<span style="color: #222222;">RSS defamation case against Congress president Rahul Gandhi has been adjourned till 16th March, 2019 by Bhiwandi Court in Mumbai.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The court earlier framed charges against Rahul Gandhi under sections 499 (defamation) and 500 (Punishment for defamation) of the Indian Penal Code. Rahul Gandhi pleaded not guilty.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">RSS worker Kunte had filed a case after the Congress president's speech at an election rally in 2014, in which the latter alleged that RSS was behind the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He had also said the Hindutva organisation opposed Sardar Patel.  Rahul had moved the Supreme Court in 2015 seeking a stay on Bombay High Court's order dismissing his plea for quashing the defamation case.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In 2016, the court said Rahul must either apologise or face trial for his remarks.</span><br />''  <br />