Savarkar remark: Supreme Court quashes case against Rahul Gandhi

Rahul had allegedly described Savarkar as a “receiver of pension from Britishers” and “a servant of Britishers” at a news conference in 2022.Noting that there was no sanction to prosecute leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Gandhi for his remarks against V D Savarkar, Supreme Court Friday quashed proceedings against him initiated by a Lucknow court. Rahul had allegedly described Savarkar as a "receiver of pension from Britishers" and "a servant of Britishers" at a news conference in 2022. SC, which had given an earful to Rahul at the last hearing, concluded that criminal proceedings against him were untenable for want of sanction. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu allowed Rahul's appeal on the ground of lack of sanction, even before senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi c