Rahul Gandhi Defamation Case LIVE - Rahul Should Leave His Arrogance And Apologise To OBC Community: BJP
Rahul Gandhi Defamation Case LIVE: Surat court rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's application for a stay on conviction in the 2019 defamation case. Here are all the latest updates on it.
His (Rahul Gandhi) application was dismissed in the lower court, we will go to the higher court: Karnataka LoP and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Surat Court rejects application for stay on Rahul Gandhi's conviction in the 2019 defamation case on 'Modi surname' remark, as per ANI.
"The court has observed that this is not an exceptional case. The complainant is made out sufficient case... Merely being an MP is not a ground to suspend the conviction. That is also observed by the judge. Relying upon the judgment of the Supreme Court, the criminal cases pending against the accused is also taken into consideration": Harshit Toliya, Advocate of Purnesh Modi on Rahul Gandhi's plea rejected by Surat Court, told ANI.
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"We have always said that Rahul Gandhi started considering himself above law and some people from his party also asked why is he not getting special status?": Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal told ANI on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea rejected by Surat Court.
"We will continue to avail all options still available to us under the law. @DrAMSinghvi will brief the media on Rahul Gandhi's appeal at 4 pm," Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh tweeted.
Surat Court rejects the application filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking a stay on his conviction in the 2019 defamation case on the 'Modi surname' remark.
Background
Rahul Gandhi Defamation Case LIVE Updates: A court in Gujarat's Surat city on Thursday rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's application for a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark. The court of additional sessions judge R P Mogera rejected Gandhi's application filed for relief pending his appeal against a lower court's order sentencing him to two years in jail in the case. Check this space for all the latest updates pertaining to this development.
Rahul Gandhi had on April 3 approached the sessions court for appeal against the lower court's order.
A stay on conviction by the sessions court could have paved the way for Gandhi's reinstatement as the Member of Parliament.
Rahul Gandhi approached the sessions court for appeal after the lower court sentenced him to two years in jail while convicting him for criminal defamation over his remark, "How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?" made during an election rally at Kolar in Karnataka on April 13, 2019.
His lawyers had filed two applications, one for a stay on the sentence (or bail till the disposal of his appeal) and another for a stay on conviction till the disposal of his appeal.
The 52-year-old politician was elected to the Lok Sabha from Wayanad in Kerala in 2019 but was disqualified a day after the lower court sentenced him to two years in jail in the case filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Purnesh Modi under sections 499 and 500 (defamation) of the Indian Penal Code.
While granting bail to Rahul Gandhi, the court had issued notices to complainant MLA Modi and the state government on the Congress leader's plea for a stay on conviction.
The sessions court will continue its hearing on former Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi's main plea against the lower court's order.
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