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Celebrations broke out in Wayanad on Friday soon after the Supreme Court stayed Rahul Gandhis conviction in a criminal defamation case.

New Delhi, Aug 4 (EFE).- India’s top court Friday suspended the conviction of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 criminal defamation case for mocking the Modi surname during a political campaign. Gandhi, a scion of the once-dominant Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, was disqualified as a parliamentarian in March after a lower court convicted him and …

It said that Gandhi has always maintained that he is not guilty of offence and "if he had to apologise and compound the offence, he would have done it much earlier".

The Congress leader faces two years of imprisonment if his conviction in the criminal defamation case is not stayed.

The Supreme Court is slated to hear, on Friday, the plea filed by former Congress President Rahul Gandhi against the Gujarat High Court's verdict refusing a stay on his conviction in the 'Modi surname' defamation case, which cost him his Lok ...

‘Modi surname' defamation case: SC to hear Rahul Gandhi’s plea for staying conviction on Friday

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi filed a rejoinder in the Modi surname defamation lawsuit in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. He said he was facing an exceptional case for a trivial offence. He said Gujarat BJP MLA Purnesh Modi calling him "arrogant" was "slanderous".

Using the criminal process and the consequences under Representation of People Act to arm twist the Petitioner into apologising for no fault is gross abuse of the judicial process, says the Congress leader

BJP leader and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi had filed a criminal defamation case against Gandhi in 2019 over his "How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?" remark made during an election rally in Kolar in Karnataka on April 13, 2019.

Congress leader and former MP Rahul Gandhi, in his latest affidavit filed in the Supreme Court in his plea to stay the conviction in the criminal defamation case, has asserted that there is no need...