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A Pune special court for MP\/MLA cases, presided over by Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Amol Shinde, has rejected a complainant\u2019s request to play a YouTube video as substitute evidence in a defamation case against the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi. The case was filed by Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar<\/a>, over alleged defamatory remarks made by Gandhi during a speech in London in March 2023. This unexpected development occurred during the complainant\u2019s examination-in-chief, where the primary evidence\u2014a Compact Disc (CD) supposedly containing the video of the alleged speech\u2014was played and discovered to be completely blank.<\/p>\n

Advocate Sangram Kolhatkar, representing Satyaki Savarkar, immediately sought the court\u2019s permission to play the video directly from the original YouTube link, which had been submitted along with the initial complaint in 2023. Kolhatkar claimed that the CD, when first submitted and presented before a different judge at the cognisance stage, was functional and led to the issuance of summons against Gandhi.<\/p>\n

The defence counsel, Advocate Milind Pawar, objected to the playing of the YouTube link. Magistrate Shinde upheld the objection, ruling that the online content was inadmissible as evidence because the YouTube URL was not supported by a mandatory certificate under Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act.<\/p>\n

This certificate is crucial for authenticating electronic records in court proceedings. Following the rejection of the YouTube video, a request to play two additional CDs\u2014which the complainant argued were verified copies\u2014was also dismissed by the court, as the judge noted that these specific additional CDs were not officially on record for court purposes.<\/p>\n

The complainant has since requested a judicial inquiry to determine how the previously functional key evidence CD turned blank.<\/p>\n

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