Rahul Gandhi was acquitted in a 2018 criminal defamation case involving remarks about Amit Shah by a special MP-MLA court in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on October 26, 2026. Earlier that morning, vehicles in his convoy collided on the Purvanchal Expressway, but the Congress leader was unharmed. Sultanpur Court Acquits Rahul Gandhi in Defamation Case Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Shubham Verma pronounced the verdict with Gandhi present

The Election Commission of India has declined to identify the software used to flag errors in voter lists during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), citing trade secrets and intellectual property protections under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. EC Withholds SIR Software Details Under RTI Act In a reply dated October 16, 2026, the Election Commission refused to share the name and version of the software used to detect errors, anomali