Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was on Tuesday slammed by the Supreme Court for his remark that RSS is behind the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi,while prima facie indicating that he will have to face trial for criminal defamation and prove his innocence.  "If you won't apologise, you will have to face trial," the court said pulling up the Congress leader for his remarks. But according to the sources the Congress vice president is unlikely to apologise for his defamatory remarks against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

"We have held it may be historically correct but the fact or the statement has to meet the test of public good. You can't make collective denunciation," a Bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and RF Nariman said. Mr. Gandhi's comments are alleged to have been made in March 2014 during a parliamentary election rally at Bhiwandi in Thane district of Maharashtra. He was charged with criminal defamation for allegedly referring to the “assassin of Mahatma Gandhi and his RSS background in his election speech.” Mr. Gandhi is alleged to have said that “Gandhiji was shot dead by RSS people and their people talk of Gandhiji”.