US EditionSavarkar Defamation Case: CD with Rahul Gandhi’s Speech Found to Blank when Played in Court
A Pune special court dismissed evidence including a blank CD and YouTube video lacking required authentication in the 2023 defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi.
- On Thursday, a CD played in Pune's special MP/MLA court during Satyaki Savarkar's chief examination was found blank, and Special judge Amol Shinde refused the YouTube URL lacking a Section 65B certificate.
- When the case was registered in 2023 the complainant submitted an original CD and a YouTube URL, and Satyaki Savarkar alleges Rahul Gandhi claimed V D Savarkar wrote that he and six friends beat up a Muslim man.
- Advocate Sangram Kolhatkar filed applications to play two additional CDs submitted to the special court and requested a judicial inquiry into the blank and missing CDs, but the court rejected the request.
- Earlier, Judicial Magistrate First Class Akshi Jain ordered Pune city police to probe under section 202 CrPC, and the May 2024 police inquiry report found Rahul Gandhi defamed V D Savarkar.
- The matter will now be heard on December 2 after a November 27 request to run an additional CD, with the case transferred in September 2024 and Gandhi pleading not guilty in July this year.
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Savarkar defamation case: CD with Rahul Gandhi’s speech found to blank when played in court
A CD containing the alleged defamatory speech by Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was found to be blank when it was played before a special MP/MLA court in Pune, during the chief examination of Satyaki Savarkar on Thursday. Satyaki’s lawyer Sangram Kolhatkar then filed an application before the court, […]
CD Presented as Evidence Against Rahul Gandhi During Court Hearing Found Blank
During a hearing in a defamation case against LoP Rahul Gandhi, a CD submitted as key evidence was found blank when played before a Special Court in Pune. Rahul Gandhi is facing trial for allegedly defaming Vinayak Damodar Savarkar during a speech made in London. The complaint was filed by Savarkar’s grandnephew, Satyaki Savarkar, who claims that Rahul Gandhi made derogatory remarks against Savarkar. A sealed CD containing a recording of Rahul G…
Pune Court Rejects YouTube Video In Rahul Gandhi Defamation Case After Main Evidence CD Is Found Blank
A defamation case filed against the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, faced a significant procedural hurdle in a Pune court when the primary evidence submitted—a Compact Disc (CD)—was found to be blank. The case was filed by Satyaki Savarkar, the grand-nephew of Hindu ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, pertaining to an alleged defamatory speech made by Rahul Gandhi about V. D. Savarkar in London in 2023. The ‘Blank CD’ Evidence T…
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