Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, convicted in the Modi surname case, had recently filed a petition in the Supreme Court. Now the Supreme Court has agreed to hear his petition. The court has said that it will hear the matter on July 21.
Significantly, Rahul Gandhi was found guilty of defamation by Gujarat’s Surat court for commenting on the Modi surname and was sentenced to two years in jail. In this case, he did not even get relief from the Gujarat High Court. Against this decision, Rahul has now approached the Supreme Court.
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In fact, on March 23, Surat’s CJM court sentenced Rahul to two years in the case of remarks made in 2019 regarding the Modi surname. However, the court had also given 30 days’ time to implement the decision. At a rally in Kolar, Karnataka during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi had said, ‘How come all thieves have Modi as their surname?’ Regarding this, BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi had filed a defamation case against Rahul Gandhi. A case was registered against Rahul under IPC sections 499 and 500 (defamation).
On March 23, the lower court convicted Rahul and sentenced him to two years. The very next day, Rahul lost his Lok Sabha membership. Rahul had to vacate his official residence as well. On April 2, Rahul filed a petition in the High Court against this decision of the lower court. Justice Prachhak, while hearing Rahul Gandhi’s petition in May, refused to grant interim relief to him. Recently, the High Court also gave its verdict in this matter and dismissed Rahul’s petition. The court also condemned Rahul.
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