Rahul
Ga dhi
gets
elief
as
SC
quashes
summo s
NEW
DELHI:
The
Sup eme
Cou t
o
F iday
set
aside
a
Luck ow
t ial
cou t’s
o de
summo i g
leade
of
oppositio
Rahul
Ga dhi
i
a
c imi al
defamatio
case
ove
his
ema ks
about
VD
Sava ka .A
be ch
of
Justices
Dipa ka
Datta
a d
Sheel
Nagu
held
that
the
equi ed
sa ctio
had
ot
bee
obtai ed
i
the
matte .”Additio al
Solicito
Ge e al
a d
advocate
fo
complai a t,
i
the
affidavit
filed
by
UP,
submits
the e
is
o
disclosu e
of
sa ctio .
I
such
view
of
the
matte ,
the
complai t
a d
o de s
passed
by
magist ate
sta ds
quashed,”
the
be ch
said.The
defamatio
case
stems
f om
Rahul
Ga dhi’s
ema ks
about
Sava ka
du i g
a
ally
i
Maha asht a’s
Akola
dist ict
o
Novembe
17,
2022,
held
as
pa t
of
his
Bha at
Jodo
Yat a.O
Ap il
4,
2025,
the
Luck ow
be ch
of
the
high
cou t
said
Rahul
Ga dhi
could
file
a
evisio
petitio
befo e
the
sessio s
cou t,
holdi g
that
its
i te ve tio
was
ot
equi ed
at
that
stage.The
leade
of
oppositio
i
the
Lok
Sabha
had
challe ged
the
subo di ate
cou t’s
o de
summo i g
him
while
co testi g
the
o goi g
p oceedi gs
i
the
case.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
Satyaki
Sava ka ,
VD
Sava ka ’s
g a d ephew,
had
filed
a
complai t
agai st
Rahul,
allegi g
that
du i g
a
speech
i
Lo do
i
Ma ch
2023,
the
Co g ess
leade
claimed
that
V
D
Sava ka
had
w itte
i
a
book
about
a
i cide t
i
which
he
a d
five
to
six
f ie ds
beat
up
a
Muslim
ma
a d
that
he
felt
happy
about
it.
Satyaki
Sava ka
claimed
that
o
such
i cide t
took
place
a d
that
VD
Sava ka
had
eve
w itte
about
a y
such
episode.
He
sought
Rahul
Ga dhi’s
co victio
u de
Sectio
500
of
the
IPC
a d
compe satio
u de
Sectio
357
of
the
C PC.The
cou t
had
al eady
g a ted
bail
to
Rahul
Ga dhi
i
the
case.