Image Source : PTI/Representational (File). Hearing in Gujarat High Court today on Rahul Gandhi’s appeal in defamation case
Modi Surname Comments: A new judge of the Gujarat High Court will hear today (April 29) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s appeal challenging the Surat Sessions Court order staying his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his Modi surname remark .
According to the cause list published by the High Court on Thursday (April 27), Justice Hemant Prachhak will hear Gandhi’s appeal on April 29. Earlier on Wednesday (April 26), Gandhi’s counsel PS Champaneri mentioned the matter before Justice Gita Gopi. , he recused himself from the hearing by saying “not in front of me”.
The development came a day after Gandhi moved the High Court. A metropolitan magistrate’s court in Surat on March 23 convicted the former Congress president under sections 499 and 500 (criminal defamation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a 2019 case filed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Gujarat. Sentenced to one year jail. MLA Purnesh Modi.
Following the verdict, Gandhi, who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kerala’s Wayanad in 2019, was disqualified as a Member of Parliament (MP) under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act. Gandhi challenged the order in a sessions court in Surat with an application seeking a stay on the sentence. Granting him bail, the court refused to stay the sentence on April 20.
Purnesh Modi files a criminal defamation case against Gandhi How come all thieves have Modi as their surname? Remarks made during an election rally in Kolar, Karnataka on April 13, 2019.
The stay of the conviction could pave the way for Gandhi’s reinstatement as a Member of Parliament (MP).
Modi surname remark: Gujarat High Court to hear Rahul Gandhi’s appeal in defamation case today
Modi Surname Comments: A new judge of the Gujarat High Court will hear today (April 29) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s appeal challenging the Surat Sessions Court order staying his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his Modi surname remark .
According to the cause list published by the High Court on Thursday (April 27), Justice Hemant Prachhak will hear Gandhi’s appeal on April 29. Earlier on Wednesday (April 26), Gandhi’s counsel PS Champaneri mentioned the matter before Justice Gita Gopi. , he recused himself from the hearing by saying “not in front of me”.
The development came a day after Gandhi moved the High Court. A metropolitan magistrate’s court in Surat on March 23 convicted the former Congress president under sections 499 and 500 (criminal defamation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a 2019 case filed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Gujarat. Sentenced to one year jail. MLA Purnesh Modi.
Following the verdict, Gandhi, who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kerala’s Wayanad in 2019, was disqualified as a Member of Parliament (MP) under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act. Gandhi challenged the order in a sessions court in Surat with an application seeking a stay on the sentence. Granting him bail, the court refused to stay the sentence on April 20.
Purnesh Modi files a criminal defamation case against Gandhi How come all thieves have Modi as their surname? Remarks made during an election rally in Kolar, Karnataka on April 13, 2019.
The stay of the conviction could pave the way for Gandhi’s reinstatement as a Member of Parliament (MP).
(with inputs from agencies)
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