Rahul had allegedly described Savarkar as a “receiver of pension from Britishers” and “a servant of Britishers” at a news conference in 2022.

Noting that there was no sanction to prosecute leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Gandhi for his remarks against V D Savarkar, Supreme Court Friday quashed proceedings against him initiated by a Lucknow court. Rahul had allegedly described Savarkar as a “receiver of pension from Britishers” and “a servant of Britishers” at a news conference in 2022. SC, which had given an earful to Rahul at the last hearing, concluded that criminal proceedings against him were untenable for want of sanction. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu allowed Rahul’s appeal on the ground of lack of sanction, even before senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi could argue the case on behalf of the Congress MP.