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Defamation case | Gujarat High Court refuses to grant interim protection to Rahul Gandhi

The Gujarat High Court on May 2 reserved its orders in the plea filed by former Congress president Rahul Gandhi in his criminal revision plea filed seeking a stay on his conviction in the “Modi surname” remark case.

The Court has also declined to grant any interim protection to Gandhi on his plea seeking a stay on conviction. The court of Justice Hemant Prachchhak observed that it is in the interest and fitness of the case that the matter be decided finally, and refused interim protection at this stage.

Advocate Nirupam Nanavati, who appeared for Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Purnesh Modi, the original complainant in the case, also opposed Singhvi’s prayer for interim relief to the disqualified Lok Sabha MP.

The Gujarat High Court will pass the final judgement post summer vacation. The HC heard Gandhi’s appeal against the sessions court’s order last month refusing to stay his conviction in the 2019 defamation case after a trial court in Surat convicted and sentenced him to two years in jail, leading to his disqualification as a Member of Parliament