Savarkar filed five mercy pleas before British, grandnephew tells court
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Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar had filed five mercy petitions with the British colonial administration and referred to the cow not as a God but as a “useful animal”, Live Law on Saturday quoted his grandnephew Satyaki Savarkar as having told a Pune court.
The statements were made by Satyaki Savarkar while being cross-examined by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s counsel in a criminal defamation case.
The case pertains to a complaint filed by Satyaki Savarkar in April 2023 against Gandhi, accusing him of making fictitious, false and malicious remarks about the Hindutva ideologue during an event in London in March 2023.
Satyaki Savarkar alleged that Gandhi had made the remarks “fully knowing the said allegations to be untrue, with the specific objective of harming the reputation and to defame the surname Savarkar…”
He had also claimed that a book Gandhi allegedly relied on to make the remarks did not exist and that the Congress leader should be asked to produce it if it did. However, in July, the court ruled that Gandhi cannot be compelled to produce material that could be used as evidence against him, as it would violate his right against self-incrimination.
In April 2025, the court allowed Gandhi’s request to change the nature of the proceedings from a summary trial to a summons trial to allow for more detailed...