Overview

• Rahul Gandhi has been summoned by a special court in Pune following a defamation complaint by Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
• The complaint alleges Gandhi made false and malicious remarks about Savarkar during a speech in London in March 2023.
• According to Satyaki Savarkar, Gandhi claimed that Savarkar wrote about participating in violence against a Muslim man, which he asserts never happened.
• The court has found preliminary evidence supporting the complaint and has asked Gandhi to appear in person on October 23.
• This case has been transferred to a special court for MPs and MLAs, with proceedings presided over by Joint Civil Judge Amol Shinde.