{
  "id": 846943,
  "title": "Savarkar defamation case: SC quashes Lucknow Court order summoning Rahul",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/savarkar-defamation-case-sc-quashes-lucknow-court-order-summoning",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-14T07:09:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/savarkar-defamation-case-supreme-court-quashes-lucknow-court-order-summoning-rahul-gandhi/articleshow/133231633.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Supreme Court quashed a Lucknow trial court's order summoning opposition leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case, according to a bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu. The court held that the necessary authorization was not obtained in the matter, as stated in the affidavit filed by the complainant. Consequently, the complaint and orders passed by the magistrate were declared invalid. The defamation case arose from Rahul Gandhi's remarks about VD Savarkar during a rally in Maharashtra's Akola district on November 17, 2022, during his Bharat Jodo Yatra. Rahul Gandhi had claimed in a speech in London in March 2023 that VD Savarkar had written in a book about an incident involving him and his friends beating up a Muslim man, but Rahul denied the allegations, stating that VD Savarkar never wrote about such an episode.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Supreme Court quashes Lucknow Court order summoning Rahul Gandhi",
    "Necessary authorization missing in affidavit, orders declared invalid",
    "Rahul Gandhi's 2022 remarks about VD Savarkar in London sparked defamation case"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The Supreme Court's decision sets back a defamation case against Rahul Gandhi, allowing him to avoid a trial for now due to a technical flaw in the complaint's authorization.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}