# Supreme Court quashes Rahul Gandhi’s Savarkar defamation case 2026-08-14T05:45:17+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets The Supreme Court on Friday quashed the criminal defamation complaint and magistrate's summons against Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu noted that the Uttar Pradesh government had not granted the mandatory sanction required by law to prosecute Gandhi. "If there is no sanction, there is no case," Justice Datta observed, as per court records. The court quashed both the complaint filed by Lucknow resident Nripendra Pandey and the summons issued by a Lucknow magistrate. Separately, the Supreme Court will hear on August 17 Gandhi's plea challenging Allahabad High Court orders in a disproportionate assets case filed by BJP worker S Vignesh Shishir. The high court had directed the CBI and ED to verify allegations and later expressed dissatisfaction with the CBI's response. Gandhi has also filed a transfer petition in that matter. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com - hindustantimes.com - thehindu.com - timesnownews.com Tags: Allahabad High Court, CBI, disproportionate assets, ED, Rahul Gandhi, Supreme Court Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-to-hear-rahul-gandhis-da-case-plea-on-aug-17/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-to-hear-rahul-gandhis-da-case-plea-on-aug-17/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.