Gujarat High Court shocks Rahul Gandhi in Modi surname case, will not be able to contest 2024 elections, know what the court said?
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has got a big blow from the Gujarat High Court in the defamation case related to Modi surname. The court has rejected the reconsideration petition of Rahul Gandhi. The Gujarat High Court says that the trial court’s order of conviction is proper, there is no need to interfere with the said order, hence the application is dismissed. The court further said that there are at least 10 criminal cases pending against Rahul Gandhi. After this decision of the High Court, Rahul Gandhi will no longer be able to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, nor will he be able to seek revocation of the suspension of his status as a Member of Parliament (MP). He can appeal to the Supreme Court against the order of the High Court. Rahul’s Lok Sabha membership has already gone. The High Court, while hearing Rahul Gandhi’s petition earlier, refused to grant any interim relief and said it would pass a final order after the summer vacation.
Timeline of the Modi surname case
Before the Lok Sabha elections 2019, on April 13, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi gave a statement on ‘Modi surname’. Surat’s Metropolitan Magistrate Court on March 23 convicted Rahul Gandhi under sections 499 and 500 (criminal defamation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a 2019 case filed by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi in Gujarat and sentenced him to two years in jail. was heard
After this, on March 24, Rahul Gandhi’s membership was cancelled. On 25 March, Rahul Gandhi refused to apologise. Got a notice to leave the government bungalow on March 27. On 22 April, Rahul Gandhi vacated the bungalow. Rahul Gandhi filed a petition in the Gujarat High Court against the decision of the Surat Sessions Court, but did not get relief. After this, an appeal was made to the High Court to reconsider its decision.
What did the High Court say while rejecting Rahul’s petition?
- Rejecting the bench petition of High Court judge Justice Hemant Prichchak, he said, Rahul Gandhi is trying to get relief on absolutely non-existent grounds.
- ‘Staying a sentence passed by a lower court is not a rule, but an exception, which should be resorted to in rare cases.’
- ‘About 10 criminal cases are pending against the applicant.’
- ‘Even after this complaint, another complaint against Rahul Gandhi was filed by the grandson of Veer Savarkar.’
- ‘Not stopping the punishment will not be injustice to Rahul Gandhi.’
- ‘No reasonable ground was given to stay the conviction.’
- ‘The order of the Sessions Court is just and proper.’
