Savarkar Defamation Case: Supreme Court Quashes Complaint, Summons Against Rahul Gandhi

Leade
of
Oppositio
i
the
Lok
Sabha
Rahul
Ga dhi
has
eceived
elief
f om
the
Sup eme
Cou t
i
a
c imi al
defamatio
case
elated
to
alleged
i sulti g
ema ks
agai st
Vi ayak
Damoda
Sava ka ,
with
the
cou t
quashi g
the
summo s
issued
by
a
Luck ow
cou t.

A
be ch
of
Justice
Dipa ka
Datta
a d
Justice
Shil
Nagu
o
F iday
held
that
the
equi ed
sa ctio
had
ot
bee
obtai ed
i
the
matte .
The
cou t
passed
the
o de
afte
the
Utta
P adesh
gove me t
i fo med
the
cou t
that
the e
was
o
eco d
showi g
that
the
equi ed
pe missio
to
p osecute
the
case
had
bee
g a ted.

Case
Li ked
to
2022
Bha at
Jodo
Yat a
Rema ks

The
defamatio
p oceedi gs
elate
to
comme ts
made
by
Ga dhi
about
Sava ka
o
Novembe
17,
2022,
du i g
his
Bha at
Jodo
Yat a
at
a
ally
i
Maha asht a’s
Akola
dist ict.

Advocate
N ipe d a
Pa dey
had
filed
the
complai t
agai st
Ga dhi,
allegi g
that
the
Co g ess
leade
had
i te tio ally
i sulted
Sava ka
du i g
the
ally.
The
complai a t
had
fu the
alleged
that
Ga dhi’s
ema ks
we e
pa t
of
a
pla ed
co spi acy
to
defame
Sava ka .

Ga dhi,
who
challe ged
the
decisio
of
a
subo di ate
cou t
to
summo
him,
had
bee
co testi g
the
p oceedi gs.

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UP
Gove me t
Affidavit
Cited
i
SC

Du i g
the
Sup eme
Cou t
p oceedi gs,
the
be ch
co side ed
the
affidavit
filed
by
the
Utta
P adesh
gove me t.
The
affidavit
did
ot
disclose
that
the
equi ed
sa ctio
had
bee
obtai ed
fo
p osecutio
i
the
case.

Justice
Datta
the
poi ted
out
that
sa ctio
is
ma dato y
befo e
taki g
cog iza ce.
“If
the e
is
o
sa ctio ,
that
is
the
e d
of
the
matte ,”
Justice
Datta
stated.

The
be ch,
the efo e,
co cluded
that
the
abse ce
of
the
equi ed
sa ctio
wa a ted
quashi g
the
c imi al
defamatio
complai t
a d
the
o de s
issued
by
the
magist ate.

“I
the
affidavit
filed
by
the
State
of
UP,
the e
is
o
disclosu e
of
sa ctio
havi g
bee
g a ted
to
p osecute
the
appella t-accused.
I
such
view
of
the
matte ,
the
complai t
a d
o de s
passed
by
the
magist ate
sta d
quashed,”
the
be ch
obse ved.

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Ea lie
P oceedi gs
i
High
Cou t

The
Luck ow
be ch
of
the
Allahabad
High
Cou t
had
o
Ap il
4,
2025,
said
Ga dhi
could
app oach
the
sessio s
cou t
by
fili g
a
evisio
petitio .
It
had
held
that
i te ve tio
by
the
High
Cou t
was
ot
ecessa y
at
that
stage.

The
matte
subseque tly
eached
the
Sup eme
Cou t,
whe e
Ga dhi
challe ged
the
subo di ate
cou t’s
decisio
to
summo
him.

The
Sup eme
Cou t’s
latest
o de
has
ow
b ought
the
c imi al
defamatio
p oceedi gs
agai st
Ga dhi
i
this
matte
to
a
e d.

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