India, July 30 -- In the ongoing hearing of the defamation case against Member of Parliament and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over alleged derogatory remarks about freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Gandhi's counsel has filed an application seeking contempt proceedings against complainant Satyaki Savarkar for alleged non-compliance with court orders.

The matter is heard before Special Judge Amol Shinde at the Special MP-MLA First Class Court in Pune.

Advocate Milind Dattatray Pawar, representing Gandhi, on Tuesday alleged that despite repeated court directions and several requests from the defence, the complainant had failed to submit the original CD and a certified transcript of the speech in question - reportedly delivered...