Court Rejects Rahul's Plea Seeking Info on Savarkar Grandnephew's Lineage

The case is not related to or disputed on the family tree of late Himani Ashok Savarkar... does not find any merit in the application of the accused. Pune Court

- Press Trust of India

PUNE: A court in Pune on Saturday rejected senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's application seeking details of the maternal lineage of Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of VD Savarkar, over his defamation complaint filed against the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha for his alleged objectionable remarks against the Hindutva ideologue.

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. Himani Savarkar was the daughter of Gopal Vinayak Godse, the younger brother of Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse.