The Supreme Court on Friday quashed the criminal defamation complaint and summons issued against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks against Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, saying the required sanction had not been obtained in the matter.
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu passed the order while hearing Gandhi's challenge to the proceedings initiated against him by a subordinate court.
