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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on Monday granted bail extension by the Surat sessions court and his next date of hearing has been fixed for April 13. Gandhi was granted bail and his sentence was suspended for 30 days allowing him to appeal the decision. (Facebook | Rahul Gandhi) Surat court has also asked respondents to file a reply by April 10 in the case. The development comes in wake of the 2019 criminal defamation case where he was disqualified from Lok Sabha after being sentenced to two years in prison. In his plea, Gandhi had asked the court to set aside the magistrate order convicting him in the defamation case. He also sought for an interim stay on the conviction till the matter was disposed off. The Gujarat Congress released a statement on the developments that took place in the court. “Rahul Gandhi has been granted bail by a Surat court in a defamation case. The next hearing will be held on April 13 and further hearing will take place on May 3. A hearing could not be held today as the complainant and his lawyer were not present in the court. A large number of Congress party workers, leaders and office bearers from all over Gujarat and other states were present in support of Rahul Gandhi in order to save democracy and oppose the dictatorial approach of this ruling government,” according to a statement by Gujarat Congress. Earlier in the day, union law minister Kiren Rijiju hit out at Gandhi as the Congress leader had arrived in Surat along with Priyanka Gandhi V...

By Nalini Sharma, Gopi Maniar Ghanghar : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was The Congress leader had sought a stay on conviction and suspension of the 2-year sentence. However, the sessions court refused to stay the conviction. The court said such an order cannot be passed without hearing all sides. Rahul Gandhi reached Surat today via a scheduled commercial flight along with sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to appeal against the lower court ruling. If the sessions court does not reverse the conviction, Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as an MP will stand and he will be barred from contesting elections for eight years. ALSO READ |

PTI Surat, April 3 A sessions court in Gujarat's Surat city on Monday granted bail to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after he filed an appeal against his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his 2019 "Modi surname" remark in which he has been sentenced to two years in jail, a lawyer said. The court of Additional Sessions Judge RP Mogera said it will hear his plea for suspension of conviction on April 13 after issuing a notice to complainant Purnesh Modi, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and former Gujarat cabinet minister. The sessions court asked the respondent (Purnesh Modi) to file his reply by April 10. "We had filed an application for Rahul Gandhi's bail and suspension of sentence along with his appeal against conviction by a lower court. The (sessions) court heard the matter and granted him bail. The court kept the matter for hearing on the stay of his conviction for April 13," a member of his legal team told reporters. Rahul Gandhi, who arrived in Surat earlier in the day, will not be required to appear in the court during the hearing of the case, he said. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other party leaders were present in the courtroom when the matter came up for hearing at around 3 pm. Rahul Gandhi reached the sessions court premises in a luxury bus along with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other senior leaders. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and several other party leaders were present in Surat. The case was filed against Rahul Gan...

Surat: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail today in a 2019 defamation case and his two-year jail sentence was paused until a decision on his appeal challenging his conviction. A Gujarat court will take up his appeal on April 13. Mr Gandhi, accompanied by sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and several other Congress leaders including three Chief Ministers, approached Surat's sessions court with an appeal to set aside his conviction over his "Modi surname" comment seen to be an insult to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The former Congress president need not appear in court for the next hearing. After the court order, Mr Gandhi tweeted he is fighting against "Mitrakal", alluding to the ruling BJP, often the target of the Congress over allegations of misusing government agencies to harass the opposition. "This is a fight to save democracy, against 'Mitrakal'. In this struggle, truth is my weapon, and truth is my support," Mr Gandhi tweeted in Hindi. ये 'मित्रकाल' के विरुद्ध, लोकतंत्र को बचाने की लड़ाई है। इस संघर्ष में, सत्य मेरा अस्त्र है, और सत्य ही मेरा आसरा! If Mr Gandhi's conviction is not reversed, his disqualification as an MP will stand and he will be barred from contesting elections for eight years. He has already started packing after agreeing to vacate his government bungalow. Mr Gandhi flew to Surat with a large group of Congress leaders. Chief ministers of three Congress-ruled states - Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel and Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu - went with him. He m...

NEW DELHI: Also See: Former senior legal advisor to the EC, S K Mendiratta said that the only scenario where the disqualification shall not take effect is if the trial court itself or an appellant court stays his conviction as well as sentence or the appellant court reduces the quantum of his sentence. Rahul Gandhi gets 2 years in jail for 2019 Modi remark; his future as MP at stake Congress’s Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi faces possible disqualification from Lok Sabha and a six-year bar on contesting elections after a district court in Gujarat’s Surat on Thursday sentenced him to two years in jail in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed by a BJP MLA over his remark at a poll rally BJP using legal cover to silence inconvenient voices, says Congress NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday said that the Surat court’s conviction of Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case was bad in law and the Congress leader would appeal against it in the higher court, and expressed hope that the judgment would be stayed and later quashed. Accusing BJP of using legal Defamation case: 2013 law that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi opposed could have saved him now Rahul had appeared at a press conference addressed by Ajay Maken in 2013 and tore off the ordinance brought by the UPA government to nullify the SC verdict striking down Section 8(4) of RP Act, which gave protection from disqualification for three months. What are the defamation laws around the world? Decriminalisation of defamation was gathering ...

Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by a Surat Sessions Court Monday, April 3. Gandhi, the 52-year-old Congress leader, was convicted in a criminal defamation case earlier which attracted a sentence of two years. Consequently, Rahul Gandhi lost his place in the Lok Sabha. The next hearing of the case will be held on April 13. Rahul Gandhi had filed a plea before the Surat Sessions Court seeking a stay on his conviction. It was owing to this conviction that led the Congress leader to lose his seat in Parliament in accordance with the Representation of People Act. After securing bail, Gandhi, flanked by other leaders of the Congress party marched out of the court premises walking into a protest march. Ahead of the hearing in the Surat Sessions Court, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said, "We trust the judiciary. We are here to show our unity. We are doing 'satyagraha' to save the country. The country is seeing how Indira Gandhi's grandson and Rajiv Gandhi's son, Rahul Gandhi is treated today." Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress president, when asked by reporters if the grand old party was putting up a show of strength before the judiciary, said, "Even in a small case, family members join and go to court. Here, it is about an entire party and he (Gandhi) is fighting for the country."

NEW DELHI: Also See: Former senior legal advisor to the EC, S K Mendiratta said that the only scenario where the disqualification shall not take effect is if the trial court itself or an appellant court stays his conviction as well as sentence or the appellant court reduces the quantum of his sentence. Rahul Gandhi gets 2 years in jail for 2019 Modi remark; his future as MP at stake Congress’s Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi faces possible disqualification from Lok Sabha and a six-year bar on contesting elections after a district court in Gujarat’s Surat on Thursday sentenced him to two years in jail in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed by a BJP MLA over his remark at a poll rally BJP using legal cover to silence inconvenient voices, says Congress NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday said that the Surat court’s conviction of Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case was bad in law and the Congress leader would appeal against it in the higher court, and expressed hope that the judgment would be stayed and later quashed. Accusing BJP of using legal Defamation case: 2013 law that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi opposed could have saved him now Rahul had appeared at a press conference addressed by Ajay Maken in 2013 and tore off the ordinance brought by the UPA government to nullify the SC verdict striking down Section 8(4) of RP Act, which gave protection from disqualification for three months. What are the defamation laws around the world? Decriminalisation of defamation was gathering ...

By Nalini Sharma, Gopi Maniar Ghanghar : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was The Congress leader had sought a stay on conviction and suspension of the 2-year sentence. However, the sessions court refused to stay the conviction. The court said such an order cannot be passed without hearing all sides. Rahul Gandhi reached Surat today via a scheduled commercial flight along with sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to appeal against the lower court ruling. If the sessions court does not reverse the conviction, Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as an MP will stand and he will be barred from contesting elections for eight years. ALSO READ |

Surat: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail today in a 2019 defamation case and his two-year jail sentence was paused until a decision on his appeal challenging his conviction. A Gujarat court will take up his appeal on April 13. Mr Gandhi, accompanied by sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and several other Congress leaders including three Chief Ministers, approached Surat's sessions court with an appeal to set aside his conviction over his "Modi surname" comment seen to be an insult to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The former Congress president need not appear in court for the next hearing. After the court order, Mr Gandhi tweeted he is fighting against "Mitrakal", alluding to the ruling BJP, often the target of the Congress over allegations of misusing government agencies to harass the opposition. "This is a fight to save democracy, against 'Mitrakal'. In this struggle, truth is my weapon, and truth is my support," Mr Gandhi tweeted in Hindi. ये 'मित्रकाल' के विरुद्ध, लोकतंत्र को बचाने की लड़ाई है। इस संघर्ष में, सत्य मेरा अस्त्र है, और सत्य ही मेरा आसरा! If Mr Gandhi's conviction is not reversed, his disqualification as an MP will stand and he will be barred from contesting elections for eight years. He has already started packing after agreeing to vacate his government bungalow. Mr Gandhi flew to Surat with a large group of Congress leaders. Chief ministers of three Congress-ruled states - Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel and Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu - went with him. He m...

Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by a Surat Sessions Court Monday, April 3. Gandhi, the 52-year-old Congress leader, was convicted in a criminal defamation case earlier which attracted a sentence of two years. Consequently, Rahul Gandhi lost his place in the Lok Sabha. The next hearing of the case will be held on April 13. Rahul Gandhi had filed a plea before the Surat Sessions Court seeking a stay on his conviction. It was owing to this conviction that led the Congress leader to lose his seat in Parliament in accordance with the Representation of People Act. After securing bail, Gandhi, flanked by other leaders of the Congress party marched out of the court premises walking into a protest march. Ahead of the hearing in the Surat Sessions Court, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said, "We trust the judiciary. We are here to show our unity. We are doing 'satyagraha' to save the country. The country is seeing how Indira Gandhi's grandson and Rajiv Gandhi's son, Rahul Gandhi is treated today." Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress president, when asked by reporters if the grand old party was putting up a show of strength before the judiciary, said, "Even in a small case, family members join and go to court. Here, it is about an entire party and he (Gandhi) is fighting for the country."