Ahmedabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday filed an appeal in the Gujarat High Court challenging the Surat sessions court’s order refusing to stay his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark, a lawyer said. Had given. Congress lawyer BM Mangukia confirmed that Gandhi (52) has filed an appeal in the High Court here against last week’s order of the sessions court.
A metropolitan magistrate’s court in Surat on March 23 convicted the former Congress president under sections 499 and 500 (dealing with criminal defamation) of the Indian Penal Code in a 2019 case filed by Gujarat BJP MLA Purnesh Modi. was sentenced to
Following the verdict, Gandhi, who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kerala’s Wayanad in 2019, was disqualified as a Member of Parliament under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act.
The Surat sessions court had on April 20 rejected the Congress leader’s plea to stay his conviction. Gandhi is currently out on bail in this case.