{"id":12223,"date":"2026-08-14T07:27:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12223"},"modified":"2026-08-14T07:27:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:27:58","slug":"savarkar-defamation-case-supreme-court-quashes-lucknow-court-order-summoning-rahul-gandhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12223","title":{"rendered":"Savarkar defamation case: Supreme Court quashes Lucknow Court order summoning Rahul Gandhi"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Rahul Gandhi gets relief as SC quashes summons<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court<\/a> on Friday set aside a Lucknow trial court\u2019s order summoning leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi<\/a> in a criminal defamation case over his remarks about VD Savarkar.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu held that the required sanction had not been obtained in the matter.“Additional Solicitor General and advocate for complainant, in the affidavit filed by UP, submits there is no disclosure of sanction. In such view of the matter, the complaint and orders passed by magistrate stands quashed,” the bench said.The defamation case stems from Rahul Gandhi\u2019s remarks about Savarkar during a rally in Maharashtra\u2019s Akola district on November 17, 2022, held as part of his Bharat Jodo Yatra.On April 4, 2025, the Lucknow bench of the high court said Rahul Gandhi could file a revision petition before the sessions court, holding that its intervention was not required at that stage.The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha had challenged the subordinate court\u2019s order summoning him while contesting the ongoing proceedings in the case.<\/p>\n

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