No relief to Rahul Gandhi in defamation case, HC will give verdict on this day

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No relief to Rahul Gandhi in defamation case, HC will give verdict on this day

Rahul Gandhi did not get interim relief in defamation case from Gujarat High Court.

Rahul Gandhi did not get interim relief in defamation case from Gujarat High Court.

Rahul Gandhi Defamation Case: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday heard the criminal revision petition filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. In this, he sought a stay on his conviction in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ remark. The High Court has reserved the verdict in Rahul Gandhi’s petition. The Gujarat High Court will pronounce the verdict after the summer vacations are over.

In fact, in March, Rahul Gandhi was convicted in a 2019 defamation case and sentenced to two years in prison by a Surat court. Subsequently, Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as a Member of Parliament. Rahul Gandhi has approached the Gujarat High Court regarding the decision of the Surat court. The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday refused to grant immediate interim protection to Rahul Gandhi. The court said it would pronounce its verdict in June after the vacation.

Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Rahul Gandhi, argued that this is the first case I have seen in which criminal defamation The maximum punishment has been given for Singhvi today sought the court’s decision on the petition. However, the court of Justice Hemant Prachak said, it is in the interest and fitness of the matter to decide the matter finally and no interim protection should be granted at this stage. Therefore, the matter has been kept for final decision after the summer vacations.

Rahul Gandhi sentenced

Said during an election rally in Kolar, Karnataka in 2019, “How can all thieves be surnamed Modi?” A case was filed against Rahul Gandhi for this statement. A Surat court sentenced Rahul Gandhi to two years in prison on March 23 after holding him guilty under sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code for criminal defamation. After this, the parliamentary membership of Rahul Gandhi was taken away.

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