<p>New Delhi: Congress leader <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rahul-gandhi">Rahul Gandhi </a>has moved the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/supreme-court">Supreme Court</a> challenging an order of the Allahabad High Court which refused to quash summons against him in a case of defamatory remarks against Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan is scheduled to hear the matter on Friday.</p>.<p>The defamation case stems from Gandhi's comments on Savarkar made on November 17, 2022 during his Bharat Jodo Yatra at a rally in Maharashtra's Akola district.</p>.Savarkar remarks defamation case: Pune court allows Rahul Gandhi's plea for summons trial.<p>The Lucknow bench of the high court on April 4 said that Gandhi can file a revision petition before the sessions court, making the high court's intervention unnecessary at this stage.</p>.<p>Gandhi, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, challenged a subordinate court's decision to summon him in the case, while contesting the ongoing proceedings against him.</p>.<p>Advocate Nripendra Pandey filed a complaint, accusing Gandhi of intentionally insulting Savarkar during the rally.</p>.<p>The complainant alleged Gandhi's remarks were part of a well-planned conspiracy to defame Savarkar.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Congress leader <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rahul-gandhi">Rahul Gandhi </a>has moved the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/supreme-court">Supreme Court</a> challenging an order of the Allahabad High Court which refused to quash summons against him in a case of defamatory remarks against Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan is scheduled to hear the matter on Friday.</p>.<p>The defamation case stems from Gandhi's comments on Savarkar made on November 17, 2022 during his Bharat Jodo Yatra at a rally in Maharashtra's Akola district.</p>.Savarkar remarks defamation case: Pune court allows Rahul Gandhi's plea for summons trial.<p>The Lucknow bench of the high court on April 4 said that Gandhi can file a revision petition before the sessions court, making the high court's intervention unnecessary at this stage.</p>.<p>Gandhi, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, challenged a subordinate court's decision to summon him in the case, while contesting the ongoing proceedings against him.</p>.<p>Advocate Nripendra Pandey filed a complaint, accusing Gandhi of intentionally insulting Savarkar during the rally.</p>.<p>The complainant alleged Gandhi's remarks were part of a well-planned conspiracy to defame Savarkar.</p>