New Delhi, July 15,2023: Congress leader and disqualified Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP), Rahul Gandhi Knocked the doors of the Supreme Court challenging the Gujarat High Court’s order dismissing his plea for stay his conviction in the criminal defamation case over ‘Modi surname’ remark.
Rahul had moved the Top Court, seeking a stay on Gujarat HC’s verdict dismissing his appeal of stay his conviction in the criminal defamation case over ‘Modi surname.’
Gujarat High Court’s Single-judge Justice Hemant M Prachchhak, which had reserved the judgement on May 02, had pronounced the verdict on July 07.
Justice Prachchhak while pronouncing the verdict had on July 07 said that at least 10 criminal cases pending against him (Rahul Gandhi). Even after the present case, some more cases have also been filed against him. One such is filed by grandson of Veer Savarkar. In anyway, conviction would not result in any injustice. The conviction is just and proper. There is no need to interfere with the said order. Therefore, the application (filed by) is dismissed.
The Gujarat HC had passed the verdict after hearing in deatil the arguments and submissions from Rahul, and the complainant, Purnesh Modi.
“Nobody can suggest that my case falls in moral turpitude or serious category. In fact, my case is a bailable one and it is not against the society at large,” Dr Singhvi had told the Gujarat High Court Judge, Justice Prachchhak.
Dr Sighvi had said that the court has been harsh and handed down the maximum punishment for the first time to the alleged offender (Rahul). Had there been even a day less sentence, disqualification would not have come. So please consider all these.
