Supreme Court pulls up Rahul Gandhi over Savarkar remark, stays HC order

However, the court didn’t hold back in its criticism of Gandhi’s statement and said, “Let him not make any statement on freedom fighters without knowing any history or geography.”

Gandhi approached the top court against an April 4 order of the Allahabad High Court refusing to quash the summons issued by a Lucknow court on a complaint by a lawyer that Gandhi’s statements amounted to promoting enmity.

The defamation case stems from Gandhi's comments on Savarkar made on November 17, 2022, during his Bharat Jodo Yatra at a rally in Maharashtra's Akola district.