In a significant legal move, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has approached the Supreme Court, challenging an order from the Allahabad High Court that declined to quash a summons issued against him in a defamation case. The case concerns remarks he made about Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, a prominent historical figure.
The Supreme Court bench, comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan, is slated to hear Gandhi’s plea this Friday. The controversy stems from comments Gandhi made on November 17, 2022, during his Bharat Jodo Yatra at a rally in Maharashtra’s Akola district.
Previously, on April 4, the Lucknow bench of the high court ruled that Gandhi could seek a revision of the summons at the sessions court level, suggesting that high court intervention was not required at this juncture. Gandhi, who serves as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, has contested the ongoing legal proceedings initiated against him at the lower court level.
