New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed further proceedings in a defamation case in Maharashtra against Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, over remarks he made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Aparesh Kumar Singh issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the complainant, MH Shrishrimal, seeking their responses in four weeks.

"Issue notice returnable in four weeks. Further proceedings before the trial court shall remain stayed," the bench ordered on a plea filed by Gandhi against a September 8 order of the Bombay High Court refusing to quash summons to him.

Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for the Congress leader, referred t...