A magisterial court in Guwahati on Tuesday deferred for August 8 its decision on whether to issue summons to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in a case of criminal defamation against him.

An RSS volunteer Anjan Bora had filed a criminal defamation case against Gandhi in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup, claiming he had tarnished the organisation's image by saying he was not allowed by its members to enter Barpeta Satra, a 16th century Vaishnavite monastery, in Assam on December 12, 2015.