India, April 25 -- The Supreme Court on Friday reprimanded Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his controversial remark about Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar, where he claimed that Savarkar had collaborated with the British. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan was hearing a petition that challenged an Allahabad High Court order, which had refused to quash the summons issued by a Lucknow magistrate court regarding Gandhi's remarks.

While the court stayed the criminal defamation proceedings against the Congress leader, it did not hold back in criticizing his comments. The defamation case was filed following a complaint by lawyer Nripendra Pandey, who accused Gandhi of insulting Savarkar during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in November 2022...