The Supreme Court stay on Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in the defamation case is belated course-correction. It was overblown by politics anyway. It’s now evident that for any case involving political free speech or substantive issue with a political angle, Indians have to ultimately knock on Supreme Court’s doors for justice.
Rahul Gandhi case shows justice in political free speech cases will only come from SC
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