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On April 3, Rahul filed a hearing petition against the order of the Lower Court in the Sessions Court of Surat. The picture is from the same day.
A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Prashant Kumar Mishra will hear the petition of Rahul Gandhi in the Modi surname case in the Supreme Court today. On July 15, Rahul had filed a petition for urgent hearing of the case.
The court accepted on 18 July. Prior to him, BJP MLA Purnesh Modi, who had filed a case against Rahul, had also filed a caveat and appealed that a decision should not be taken in the case without hearing him.
Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi will appear for Rahul Gandhi. If Rahul does not get relief from the Supreme Court, he will not be able to contest any election till 2031. The rule is that there is a ban on contesting elections for six years after the completion of the sentence. In this case, the sentence of 2 years and after that 6 years will be completed in 2031.
In the defamation case, on 23 March 2023, Surat’s sessions court sentenced Rahul Gandhi to 2 years. Rahul’s MP had gone after this decision.
Rahul Gandhi went to the High Court against this decision, but the court refused to stay his conviction.
On April 3, Rahul filed a hearing petition against the order of the Lower Court in the Sessions Court of Surat. The picture is from the same day.
Gujarat High Court had said – Punishment is justified
On July 7, Justice Hemant Prachhak of the Gujarat High Court had said, ‘There are at least 10 criminal cases pending against Rahul. Apart from this case, some other cases have been filed against him.
One has been filed by the grandson of Veer Savarkar. In any case, not stopping the punishment is not injustice. The punishment in this case is just and proper.
Rahul Gandhi is seeking a stay on the sentence on grounds that do not exist. There is no need to interfere in the decision of the Surat court. The petition is dismissed.
Rahul Gandhi’s petition has been rejected by the High Court
On July 7, the Gujarat High Court refused to stay Rahul’s two-year sentence in a defamation case. The High Court said – apart from this case, there are at least 10 pending cases against Rahul. In such a situation, there is no need to interfere in the decision of the Surat court.
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April 11, 2019: Rahul gave a statement regarding the Modi surname
On April 11, 2019, Rahul Gandhi gave a statement regarding the Modi surname in the assembly of Karnataka. It was said – Why all thieves have Modi as their surname. On April 13, Gujarat’s BJP MLA Purnesh Modi filed a defamation case against Rahul.
March 23: Rahul gets punishment in defamation case
Surat court sentenced Rahul to 2 years imprisonment on 23rd March. However, he got bail after 27 minutes. In 2019, he had given a statement regarding the Modi surname in the assembly of Karnataka. It was said – Why all thieves have Modi as their surname. After this, Gujarat’s BJP MLA Purnesh Modi filed a defamation case against Rahul.
March 24: Rahul’s membership of Parliament canceled
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Parliament membership was canceled on March 24 at around 2.30 pm. He was a member of the Lok Sabha from Wayanad, Kerala. The Lok Sabha Secretariat issued a letter giving information about this.
Rahul’s name has also been removed from the website of the Lok Sabha. In fact, the Supreme Court had said in a 2013 judgment that if any MP or MLA was found guilty in a lower court, he would be disqualified for membership of Parliament or Legislative Assembly. Under this rule, Rahul’s parliament membership has been cancelled.
March 25: Rahul held a 28-minute press conference
After becoming an MP, Rahul held a press conference on 25 March. Rahul said – BJP tries to divert attention. Sometimes she will talk about OBC, sometimes she will talk about the statement made abroad. These people can’t stop me by canceling my membership.
Whether I get membership or not, I will do my work. Even if it disqualifies me permanently, I will do my job. It doesn’t matter whether I am inside the Parliament or outside.
March 26: Congress did Sankalp Satyagraha across the country
On March 26, the Congress organized a nationwide Sankalp Satyagraha against the cancellation of Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership. Big leaders like Priyanka Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir Ranjan reached Rajghat early in the morning. Priyanka Gandhi said that till date we have remained silent, so you kept insulting our family. I want to ask how much you will insult a man. File a case against me, but the truth is that the Prime Minister of this country is a coward.
March 27: Rahul receives notice to vacate the bungalow.
On March 27, the Lok Sabha Housing Committee sent a notice to Rahul to vacate the bungalow. The committee asked him to vacate the official residence at 12 Tughlaq Road by April 22. On the other hand, on March 27, the opposition did a black protest regarding Rahul’s departure from Parliament.
17 opposition parties participated in it. Sonia Gandhi also reached the Parliament wearing black clothes. Kharge said- Why have we come in black clothes? We want to show that PM Modi is destroying democracy in this country.
4 more defamation cases are going on against Rahul Gandhi, on which the decision is pending.
- In 2014, Rahul Gandhi accused the Sangh of killing Mahatma Gandhi. A union worker had filed a case against Rahul under sections 499 and 500 of the IPC. This case is going on in Bhiwandi court of Maharashtra.
- In 2016, a defamation case was registered against Rahul Gandhi in Guwahati, Assam under sections 499 and 500. According to the complainant, Rahul Gandhi had said that Sangh members did not allow him to enter the Barpeta Satra, a 16th-century Vaishnava monastery in Assam. This has damaged the image of the Sangh. This matter is also pending in the court.
- In 2018, another case was registered against Rahul Gandhi in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. This case is going on in the court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate of Ranchi. A defamation case of Rs 20 crore has been registered against Rahul under sections 499 and 500 of the IPC. In this, objection has been expressed to Rahul’s statement, in which he said ‘Modi is a thief’.
- In 2018 itself, another defamation case was filed against Rahul Gandhi in Maharashtra. This case is going on in Shivdi Court located in Mazgaon. A defamation case has been registered under sections 499 and 500 of the IPC. The case was filed by the worker of the union. Rahul is accused of linking the murder of Gauri Lankesh with the ideology of the BJP and the Sangh.
Also read about these defamation cases filed against Rahul Gandhi.
- 2014 Rahul Gandhi accused the Sangh of killing Mahatma Gandhi. A union worker had filed a case against Rahul under sections 499 and 500 of the IPC. This case is going on in Bhiwandi court of Maharashtra.
- 2016 A defamation case was registered against Rahul Gandhi in Guwahati, Assam under sections 499 and 500. According to the complainant, Rahul Gandhi had said that Sangh members did not allow him to enter the Barpeta Satra, a 16th-century Vaishnava monastery in Assam. This has damaged the image of the Sangh. This matter is also pending in the court.
- 2018 Another case was registered against Rahul Gandhi in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. This case is going on in the court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate of Ranchi. A defamation case of Rs 20 crore has been registered against Rahul under sections 499 and 500 of the IPC. In this, objection has been expressed to Rahul’s statement, in which he said ‘Modi is a thief’.
- 2018 In the same year another defamation case was filed against Rahul Gandhi in Maharashtra. This case is going on in Shivdi Court located in Mazgaon. A defamation case has been registered under sections 499 and 500 of the IPC. The case was filed by the worker of the union. Rahul is accused of linking the murder of Gauri Lankesh with the ideology of the BJP and the Sangh.
- 2018 A defamation case was filed in the court by the chairman of ADC Bank, Ajay Patel. Rahul had alleged that after demonetisation on November 8, 2016, old notes worth Rs 745.58 crore were exchanged at the Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank in five days. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is also included in the directors of this bank.
- 2017 In 2010, a defamation complaint was filed in Mumbai against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly linking the RSS to the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru. The complainant said that the spirit of the statement of the accused is defamatory and tarnishing the image of the Sangh in the eyes of the people.
- 2018 In the Rafale fighter jet deal, Rahul made fun of the BJP and wrote the caption while tweeting – The Sad Truth About India Commander in Thief. In this case, a defamation case was filed against Rahul in a Gurgaon court.
- 2019 In Jabalpur, the then BJP President Amit Shah was accused of murder. Regarding this, a defamation case was filed against Rahul in the Ahmedabad court.
- 2019 In Jharkhand, Rahul said – Congress will not accept the murderer of the BJP as the party president. A defamation case was filed in Chaibasa and Ranchi on his statement.
- 2022 Rahul said that Savarkar signed an apology from the British before independence. Savarkar’s grandson Vinayak Savarkar filed a complaint in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park police station in the case.
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In 2013, Rahul himself tore the ordinance, if it had been passed, Rahul would not have had any difficulty.
In 2013, when the Supreme Court had given a decision that if the MP / MLA gets a sentence of 2 years or more, then his membership will end with immediate effect.
The Manmohan government had brought an ordinance against the decision of the Supreme Court, so that the decision of the Supreme Court would become ineffective.
On 24 September 2013, the Congress government called a press conference to highlight the merits of the ordinance. In this same press conference, Rahul Gandhi reached and said – this ordinance is nonsense and it should be torn and thrown away. He tore the copy of the ordinance. After this this ordinance was withdrawn.