India, June 1 -- A special court in Pune on Saturday dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking details of the maternal lineage of Satyaki Savarkar, the grand-nephew of VD Savarkar, stating that the issue is not relevant to the ongoing defamation case.

Gandhi's advocate, Milind Pawar, had moved an application on May 28, arguing that the complainant, Satyaki, had deliberately failed to disclose that Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar was related to Mahatma Gandhi's assassin, Nathuram Godse. Pawar contended this omission was significant in the ongoing criminal defamation case filed by Satyaki against Gandhi.

Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Amol Shinde dismissed the application, observing that the case pertains to an alleged defam...