Pune Spl Court Dismisses Rahul Gandhi's Plea

A special court in Pune on Saturday dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking details of the maternal lineage of Satyaki Savarkar, the grand-nephew of VD Savarkar, stating that the issue is not relevant to the ongoing defamation case.

- Nadeem Inamdar

PUNE:

Gandhi's advocate, Milind Pawar, had moved an application on May 28, arguing that complainant, Satyaki, had failed to disclose that Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar was related to Mahatma Gandhi's assassin, Nathuram Godse. Pawar contended this omission was significant in the ongoing criminal defamation case filed by Satyaki against Gandhi.

Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Amol Shinde dismissed the application, observing that the case pertains to an alleged defamatory speech made by Gandhi in London and not to the family tree of late Himani Ashok Savarkar, the mother of Satyaki Savarkar.

Maternal lineage of Satyaki Savarkar