India, April 23 -- Arguments were heard on Wednesday in a defamation case involving the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, with a local MP-MLA court reserving its order for May 2, officials said.

The hearing before the MP-MLA court focused on an application filed under Section 311 (which empowers a court to call or recall any witness at any stage of a trial if it feels their testimony is necessary for a fair decision) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), with counsels for both sides presenting their arguments.

Gandhi's counsel Kashi Prasad Shukla said the court heard submissions on the plea moved by the complainant's lawyer Santosh Kumar Pandey and fixed May 2 for the pronouncement of its order.

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