Rahul Gandhi Moves Gujarat HC To Stay His Conviction In ‘Modi Surname’ Defamation Case | India News

Ahmedabad: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday filed an attraction within the Gujarat High Court difficult the order of the Surat periods courtroom which had declined to remain his conviction in a felony defamation case over his “Modi surname” comment, a lawyer stated. Congress advocate BM Mangukia confirmed Gandhi (52) has filed an attraction within the HC right here in opposition to the final week’s order of the periods courtroom. 

A metropolitan Justice of the Peace’s courtroom in Surat on March 23 sentenced the previous Congress president to 2 years in jail after convicting him below Indian Penal Code sections 499 and 500 (coping with felony defamation) within the 2019 case filed by Gujarat BJP MLA Purnesh Modi. 

Following the decision, Gandhi, elected to the Lok Sabha from Wayanad in Kerala in 2019, was disqualified as a Member of Parliament below provisions of the Representation of the People Act. 

The Surat periods courtroom on April 20 rejected the Congress chief’s utility for a keep on his conviction. Gandhi is presently on bail within the case.