Rahul Gandhi moves SC against Gujarat HC refusal to stay conviction in defamation case

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi moved the Supreme Court on Saturday challenging the Gujarat High Court’s July 7 order which dismissed his plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark.

The appeal has been filed by Gandhi through advocate on-record Prasanna S.

Gandhi was disqualified as



a Member of Parliament on March 24, 2023 after a Gujarat court convicted him and sentenced him to a two-year imprisonment on charges of criminal defamation for comments he made about the Modi surname

In a setback to the 53-year-old Gandhi, the high dismissed his petition for a stay on conviction on July 7, observing that “purity in politics” is the need of the hour.