Rahul Gandhi has sought more time to respond to a defamation lawsuit regarding his comments on V D Savarkar, made during a speech in London. The Pune court postponed the hearing to July 3. Satyaki Savarkar, V D Savarkar’s grandnephew, claims Gandhi misquoted a book and has filed a complaint.
The Supreme Court of India, today (21st Oct)led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, dismissed a petition by Dr. SN Kundra aimed at replacing “Hindutva” with “Bharatiya Samvidhanatva.” The court deemed the plea a “complete abuse of the process,” reflecting hesitation to alter foundational political concepts, despite concerns over religious nationalism’s impact on governance.
A special court in Pune on Friday (Oct 4) summoned Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case filed by the grandnephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, accusing the Congress leader of making objectionable remarks against the Hindutva ideologue. The court issued the summons to Gandhi, asking him to appear before it on Oct 23.
A court in Maharashtra’s Nashik district has summoned Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed against him for his alleged objectionable remarks against Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nashik, Deepali Parimal Kaduskar, issued a process (summons/notice) to Gandhi on September 27, noting that the “statement made against a patriotic person prima-facie seems to be defamatory.”