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Rahul Gandhi defamation case: Setback for Rahul Gandhi, Gujarat High Court rejects stay on conviction

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: July 07, 2023 12:16 PM

In a significant blow to Rahul Gandhi the Gujarat High Court has declined to grant a stay on his ...

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In a significant blow to Rahul Gandhi the Gujarat High Court has declined to grant a stay on his conviction and two-year jail term in a criminal defamation case. This ruling has resulted in the loss of his Parliament membership, representing a major setback for him. 

While dismissing the plea, Justice Hemant Prachchhak noted that Gandhi is already facing 10 cases across India, adding the order of the lower court was “just, proper and legal” in convicting the Congress leader.The HC noted that there is no reasonable ground to stay the conviction.A stay to the conviction would have paved the way for Gandhi’s reinstatement as a Member of Parliament. A metropolitan magistrate’s court in Surat on March 23 sentenced Gandhi to two years in jail after convicting him under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 499 and 500 (criminal defamation) in a 2019 case filed by BJP Gujarat MLA Purnesh Modi.The MLA had filed a criminal defamation case against Gandhi over his “how come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?” remark made during an election rally at Kolar in Karnataka on April 13, 2019

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