Following the verdict, Gandhi, who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kerala’s Wayanad in 2019, was disqualified as an MP under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act. (PTI File)
A metropolitan magistrate’s court in Surat had on March 23 sentenced the former Congress president to two years in prison after his conviction in a 2019 case filed by BJP Gujarat MLA Purnesh Modi.
In a setback to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday refused to pass any interim order in his favor in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark.
Congress leader’s lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi urged the high court to pass an interim order.
However, single-judge Justice Hemant Prachhak rejected Singhvi’s request and said that the final verdict will be pronounced after the court reopens after the summer break. bar and bench informed of.
The Gujarat High Court on Saturday began hearing Rahul Gandhi’s plea challenging the Surat sessions court order which refused to stay his conviction in the case.
Justice Hemant Prachchak of the high court considered the criminal revision petition filed by Gandhi challenging the April 20 order of the sessions court. If the High Court accepts his petition, it could pave the way for Gandhi’s reinstatement as a Member of Parliament.
On Wednesday, High Court Justice Gita Gopi recused herself after the matter was brought up for urgent hearing. The matter was then assigned to the court of Justice Prachak.
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 an MP under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act.
Gandhi, 52, challenged the order in the Surat sessions court with an application seeking a stay on the sentence. Granting him bail, the court refused to stay the sentence on April 20.
Purnesh Modi filed a criminal defamation case against Gandhi asking ‘How can all thieves be surnamed Modi?’ Remarks made during an election rally in Kolar, Karnataka on April 13, 2019.
(With PTI inputs)
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