Modi Surname Case: In the case of Modi surname, a hearing was held in the Supreme Court today on Rahul Gandhi’s petition. During the hearing, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the complainant Purnesh Modi and asked him to reply within 10 days. The next hearing on this matter will be on August 4, 2023. Let me tell you, on behalf of Rahul Gandhi, senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi had mentioned the matter on July 18 and requested an urgent hearing on the petition, after which a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud agreed to hear the petition. Let me tell you, Rahul Gandhi has said in his petition that if the July 7 order is not stayed, it will suffocate free speech, free expression, free thought and free statement.
‘Modi surname’ remark | Supreme Court begins hearing of plea filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi challenging the Gujarat High Court order which declined to stay his conviction in the criminal defamation case in which he was sentenced to two years in jail by Surat court. pic.twitter.com/vr3RTwfhvv
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Let us tell you, the Supreme Court will hear against the Gujarat High Court’s decision on July 7 in the Modi surname case. He was sentenced to two years in the Rahul Gandhi Defamation Case by the Gujarat Court. At the same time, the Gujarat High Court had also rejected the petition requesting a stay on the conviction of Rahul Gandhi in the defamation case.
Rahul Gandhi has appealed to the Supreme CourtCongress leader Rahul Gandhi said in his petition in the Supreme Court that if the High Court’s decision is not stayed, it will repeatedly undermine democratic institutions. He said that this would result in suffocation of democracy, which would be seriously harmful for India’s political climate and future. On April 13, 2019, during an election rally in Kolar, Karnataka, Rahul Gandhi remarked that why all thieves have the same surname as Modi.
In 2019, a criminal defamation case was filed against Gandhi by Purnesh Modi, a former minister in the Gujarat government, regarding this remark. In this case, on March 23, the Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Surat convicted Rahul Gandhi under sections 499 and 500 (criminal defamation) of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced him to two years in jail. Following the verdict in the case, Gandhi was disqualified from membership of Parliament under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act. Rahul Gandhi was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019 from Wayanad in Kerala.
Rahul Gandhi’s parliament membership could have been restoredAfter this decision of the Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Surat, the Congress leader was disqualified from the membership of Parliament on March 24, 2023, under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act. If the conviction was stayed, it would pave the way for the restoration of Rahul Gandhi’s membership of Parliament. The High Court, while rejecting Rahul Gandhi’s plea to stay the conviction in the case, had said on July 7 that ‘cleanliness in politics’ is the need of the hour. Justice Hemant, while dismissing the petition, remarked that public representatives should be people of clean image. Apart from this, even if Rahul Gandhi had expressed regret for his statement, his membership would have remained intact.
Purnesh Modi also filed a caveat in the Supreme CourtComplainant and BJP MLA Purnesh Modi has also filed a caveat appeal against the appeal made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the Supreme Court in the Rahul Gandhi defamation case. In his caveat, Purnesh Modi has said that his argument should also be heard in this matter. He said that he also wants to present his side in the Supreme Court in the defamation case.
what is the whole matterLet me tell you, on April 13, 2019, during an election rally in Kolar, Karnataka, Rahul Gandhi had said that why all thieves have the same surname Modi? Purnesh Modi, a former minister of the Gujarat government and BJP leader, had filed a criminal defamation case against Rahul Gandhi in 2019 regarding this remark. Gandhi said in his petition that if the High Court’s decision was not stayed, it would systematically, repeatedly undermine democratic institutions and result in the suffocation of democracy, which would have serious implications for India’s political climate and future. would be fatally harmful. Rahul Gandhi also said that in this case of criminal defamation, the maximum sentence of two years was unexpectedly given, which is rare in itself.Courtesy of Language Input
