Pune: A magisterial court in the city on Monday deferred till Oct 4 the hearing of a defamation case filed by Satyaki Savarkar , the grandnephew of late freedom fighter Vinayak Savarkar, accusing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of making defamatory statements against the late freedom fighter during his visit to the United Kingdom on March 5, 2023. Judicial magistrate first class Akshi Jain had passed an order on May 30, directing summons to be issued to Gandhi to secure his presence before the court on Aug 19. But the summons could not be executed for reasons not known.
Savarkar’s lawyer, Sangram Kolhatkar, told TOI, “The court employees told us that the matter had been deferred as the presiding magistrate was on leave.” Gandhi’s lawyer, Asim Sarode, said, “Our client has not received summons at his residence or office in Delhi. He would appear before the magistrate on receiving the summons.
” Lawyer Milind Pawar, representing state Congress vice-president Mohan Joshi, said, “My client would be filing a third-party application to make Congress party’s Pune unit a party in the defamation case on Oct 4 so that he can furnish evidence to show that the allegations made in Savarkar’s complaint are false and baseless.” We also published the following articles recently Delhi University will teach Gandhi, Ambedkar, Savarkar, but not Iqbal, says vice-chancellor Delhi University's vice-chancellor, Yogesh Singh, announced that Allama Iqbal, who is seen as the initiator of India's partition, would not be included in the university's curriculum. Instead, works of Gandhi, Ambedkar, and Savarkar will be taught.
Singh emphasized the importance of national unity and integrity in education during a seminar on India's partition. Cash-for-bills case: Court defers hearing till Aug 30 The Panchkula court deferred the hearing involving IAS officer Vijay Dahiya and Poonam Chopra to August 30. The delay in filing the supplementary chargesheet by the ACB and pending writ petitions contributed to this postponement.
Last year, Chopra was arrested while accepting a bribe, leading to further investigations implicating Dahiya. Rahul Gandhi citizenship: Subramanian Swamy moves Delhi high court BJP leader Subramanian Swamy sought directions from the Delhi High Court for the Ministry of Home Affairs to decide on his plea to cancel Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Indian citizenship. Swamy alleged that Gandhi's British nationality, indicated in UK company documents, violated Article 9 of the Indian Constitution and the Indian Citizenship Act, 1955.
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