Rahul Gandhi moves Supreme Court against Gujarat HC order in ‘Modi surname remark’ case

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Gujarat High Court refused to stay the conviction of Rahul Gandhi saying that the Congress leader “breached the modesty", and “moral turpitude" with his remarks. “It is a serious matter affecting a large segment of society and needs to be viewed by the court with the gravity and significance it commands...It is now the need of the hour to have purity in politics. Representatives of people should be men of the clear antecedent," Justice Hemant P.

Prachchhak observed while rejecting the petition seeking a stay on his conviction. "Rahul Gandhi is seeking a stay on conviction on absolutely non-existent grounds," the court added. Senior leader Abhishek Singhvi said the Congress had full faith in the judiciary.

“Now, we are going to Supreme Court…. but the largest court is public and its conscience. People have understood the basic fact that the cottage industry of BJP, based on vendetta, has unleashed these diverse complaint-filing activities across the country to throttle Rahul Gandhi’s voice," he added.

Rahul Gandhi was first convicted in March by a magisterial court in Gujarat after a BJP leader, Purnesh Modi, filed a criminal complaint. Notably, Purnesh Modi has already filed a caveat in Supreme Court seeking a hearing if the apex court hears Rahul Gandhi's challenge to his conviction. This is not the only legal trouble for Rahul Gandhi who has more than 10 cases registered against him for remarks against various persons and even historical personalities like Veer Savarkar.