{"id":145849,"date":"2024-10-01T23:12:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T23:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/01\/rahul-gandhi-summoned-in-defamation-case-for-making-remarks-against-vd-savarkar\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T23:12:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T23:12:04","slug":"rahul-gandhi-summoned-in-defamation-case-for-making-remarks-against-vd-savarkar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/01\/rahul-gandhi-summoned-in-defamation-case-for-making-remarks-against-vd-savarkar\/","title":{"rendered":"Rahul Gandhi summoned in defamation case for making remarks against VD Savarkar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-113841789,imgsize-46302.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rahul Gandhi summoned in defamation case for making remarks against VD Savarkar\" title=\"Rahul Gandhi summoned in defamation case for making remarks against VD Savarkar\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"24\">Congress leader <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/panache\/panache-people-101\/rahul-gandhi\/profileshow\/86561293.cms\" rel=\"noopener\">Rahul Gandhi<\/a> was summoned by a <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/nashik-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nashik Court<\/a> in a <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/defamation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defamation<\/a> case for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Hindutva ideologue <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/vd-savarkar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VD Savarkar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:2--> Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nashik, Deepali Parimal Kaduskar, issued a process (summons\/notice) to Gandhi on September 27, noting that the &#8220;statement made against a patriotic person prima-facie seems to be defamatory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gandhi will have to appear either personally or through his legal representative on the next date of the case, which is yet to be decided.<\/p>\n<p>The complainant, who is the director of an NGO, claimed he watched a press conference addressed by Gandhi in Hingoli and also a speech made by the Congress leader in November 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that Gandhi, on the two occasions, by his words and visual representations knowingly harmed the reputation of Veer Savarkar and also tried to defame the latter&#8217;s image in the society.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/include_growfast.cms?pagename=article&skipcss=1potime:2--><br \/>&#8220;The speech of the accused along with press statements try to ruin the reputation of the complainant&#8217;s idol Swatantryaveer Savarkar and his contribution to the society along with his noble work in the pre-independence period,&#8221; he said.<strong>What did Rahul Gandhi say?<br \/><\/strong>According to the complainant, Gandhi said &#8220;Savarkar is BJP and RSS jin&#8221; which was defamatory in nature.Gandhi further made the allegations that &#8220;with a folding hand Savarkar prayed for release and later on promised to work for the British government&#8221;, the complainant said.<\/p>\n<p>The court, after considering all the submissions made before it, said, &#8220;Considering the record, it appears that the statements made by the accused against a patriotic person prima-facie seem to be defamatory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are sufficient grounds to proceed in the case, the magistrate added.<\/p>\n<p>The court then issued the process against Gandhi for offences under Indian Penal Code sections 499 (defamation) and 504 (intentional insult). <\/p>\n<p>(with agency inputs)<\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:2--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/rahul-gandhi-summoned-in-defamation-case-for-making-remarks-against-vd-savarkar\/articleshow\/113841789.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was summoned by a Nashik Court in a defamation case for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar. 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