Pune court allows Rahul Gandhi to bring historical evidence on record in Savarkar defamation case

A Pune court on Monday allowed an application filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to convert the nature of the trial in a case in which he is accused of defaming Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar from a summary trial to a summons trial, Bar and Bench reported.

This will enable Gandhi to present historical records in the court to back his statements in the matter.

The case pertains to a complaint filed by VD Savarkar’s grand-nephew Satyaki Savarkar in April 2023 against Gandhi, accusing the Congress leader of making fictitious, false and malicious remarks about the Hindutva ideologue.