Savarkar defamation case: SC quashes Lucknow Court order summoning Rahul

Rahul Gandhi gets relief as SC quashes summonsNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday set aside a Lucknow trial court’s order summoning leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi 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’s remarks about Savarkar during a rally in Maharashtra’s Akola district on November 17, 2022, held as part of his Bharat Jodo Yatra.On April 4, 2025, the Lucknow be