The high court had on 16 February dismissed the pleas by Singh and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking quashing of the summons issued against them in the defamation case.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge says party will wait & watch how fast Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha membership is restored. Former Wayanad MP says 'my way is clear'.
The court said that being a former MP, 'Gandhi should have been more careful with his words'. It dismissed his contention that the conviction caused him 'irreversible harm'.
Rahul was convicted, handed 2-yr jail sentence in criminal defamation case Thursday; as per SC verdict, convicted legislator with similar prison term is automatically disqualified.
Gandhi was convicted for a 2019 speech in which he referred to thieves as having the surname Modi. The court granted him bail immediately and suspended the sentence for a month.
Arvind Kejriwal's show of support for Rahul Gandhi comes at a time when AAP has been part of Congress-led opposition bloc demanding a JPC probe into the Hindenburg report on Adani.
A Surat court on Thursday handed Rahul Gandhi 2 years in jail over a 2019 remark he had made on the surname ‘Modi’; court also granted him 30-day bail to appeal the verdict.
Congress leader was later granted bail for 30 days to appeal against verdict. A case was registered by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi, who felt Rahul’s comment slighted Modi community.
Israel's response to Iran's retaliatory attack was relatively small and also downplayed by Tehran. But there are factors that could jeopardise this perceived reprieve.
The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.
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