The appeal was filed on July 15, after the Gujarat HC dealt a blow to Gandhi’s endeavour to revive his Lok Sabha membership.
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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on an appeal filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi against a Gujarat high court order that refused to put on hold his conviction and a two-year jail term in a criminal defamation case, fixing August 4 to hear his plea for staying the guilty verdict.
A Supreme Court bench of justices BR Gavai and PK Mishra heard the petition.
The appeal was filed on July 15, exactly a week after the high court dealt a blow to Gandhi’s endeavour to revive his Lok Sabha membership, ruling that the Congress leader “breached modesty” and that his offence involved “moral turpitude”.
The complainant in the case, BJP leader Purnesh Modi, has already filed his caveat in the top court to ensure no orders are passed in Gandhi’s appeal without hearing his side.
