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Rahul Gandhi has now appealed to the Gujarat High Court after his appeal was rejected by the Surat Sessions Court.
Gujarat High Court judge Geeta Gupta has recused herself from hearing Rahul Gandhi’s petition in the Modi surname defamation case. Now the matter will be heard by another bench. Now Acting Chief Justice AJ Desai will decide who will hear the matter.
Rahul has reached the Gujarat High Court after the petition was rejected
Let me tell you, after the appeal was rejected by the Sessions Court of Surat, Rahul Gandhi has now appealed in the Gujarat High Court. The order of the sessions court has been challenged in the Modi surname case. Rahul’s plea is likely to come up for hearing on Thursday. After being convicted in this case, Rahul Gandhi’s membership of Parliament had ended.
The Surat Sessions Court had on April 20 rejected Rahul Gandhi’s plea to stay his conviction. Additional Sessions Court Judge RP Mogera came to the court and said only one word on this petition – dismissed.
Arguments of Rahul and the opposition on the petition against the sentence
Rahul Gandhi: During the hearing, Rahul’s lawyer RS Cheema argued to Additional Sessions Court Judge RP Mogera that the defamation case was not justified. The maximum sentence was not even required in the case. He had said- Power is an exception, but the court should consider the consequences of the sentence. Should consider whether the convict will suffer more. It is unjust to get such a punishment.
Whereas, Purnesh Modi, who filed a defamation case had said that Rahul Gandhi is used to making defamatory statements repeatedly.
Rahul Gandhi has vacated the government bungalow
Rahul’s Parliament membership was canceled on 24 March. After this, the Lok Sabha Housing Committee sent a notice to Rahul to vacate the bungalow on March 27. The committee asked him to vacate the official residence at 12 Tughlaq Road by April 22. Rahul has vacated the bungalow and shifted to Sonia Gandhi’s residence.