India, July 16 -- The Bombay high court on Tuesday rejected a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that Congress leader and the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, had made "immature and irresponsible" remarks about Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. The petitioner Pankaj Phadnis, co-founder of Abhinav Bharat Congress, had also urged the court to include Savarkar's name in the schedule to the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act.

The Supreme Court had, on May 27, rejected a similar petition filed by Phadnis, which contended that Gandhi was violating fundamental duties by making comments against Savarkar.

In the PIL filed in the high court, Phadnis complained about Gandhi's remark dated May 2...