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The Latest Breaking News on India's Parliament reinstates opposition leader Rahul Gandhi as a lawmaker

India's Parliament reinstates opposition leader Rahul Gandhi as a lawmaker

The reinstatement comes ahead of a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Supreme Court has stayed the defamation conviction that led to Gandhi's ouster from Parliament.

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Rahul Gandhi, India’s main opposition leader, reinstated to parliament

Gandhi returns as member days after Supreme Court suspended his defamation conviction in Modi surname case.

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Rahul Gandhi returns to parliament after Indian court suspends defamation conviction

The supreme court last week suspended the Congress leader’s conviction, allowing him to contest a general election due next year

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Rahul Gandhi, Indian opposition leader, reinstated as lawmaker days after top court's order

India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has been reinstated as a lawmaker in Parliament three days after the country’s top court halted his criminal defamation conviction for mocking the prime minister’s surname

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Sense of proportion: On the Rahul Gandhi case

The cause of ensuring purity in politics is not served by keeping out elected representatives from Parliament on the basis of a case that rests on flimsy grounds

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India’s top court stays conviction of opposition leader for mocking the prime minister's surname

India’s top court has stayed the criminal defamation conviction of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi for mocking the prime minister's surname

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India’s Supreme Court suspends Rahul Gandhi’s defamation conviction

Congress leader was convicted in March for mocking PM Narendra Modi’s surname and later removed as member of parliament.

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Big Relief to Rahul Gandhi: Supreme Court stays conviction of Congress leader in Modi surname case

Supreme Court on Friday stayed conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Modi surname criminal defamation case. Must read further on Dynamite News:

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Supreme Court stays Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in ‘Modi surname’ remark criminal defamation case

The Supreme Court on August 4, 2023, stayed the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case for his alleged ‘Modi’ surname remark in a political rally in 2019.

The Hindu

Bizarre to ask me to apologise in Modi surname case, says Rahul

Rahul Gandhi, who has approached the Supreme Court for a stay of his conviction in a criminal defamation case based on Purnesh Modi’s complaint, said it was slanderous to call him arrogant only because he had refused to apologise. The Congress leader said the criminal process and the consequences of…

The Hindu

Bombay HC extends interim relief till Sept. 26 to Rahul Gandhi in defamation case

The case pertains to a defamation suit filed by a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over Rahul Gandhi’s statement of calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ‘Commander In Thief’.

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Justice B.R. Gavai to head Bench hearing Rahul Gandhi defamation case on July 21

The Supreme Court to hear Rahul Gandhi's plea to suspend conviction in criminal defamation case. Petition contends lower courts found political speech critical of economic offenders and PM Modi an 'act of moral turpitude', setting 'disastrous precedent' for political dialogue and debate.

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Supreme Court to hear plea by Rahul Gandhi in criminal defamation case on July 21

The Supreme Court has agreed to list Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s petition seeking suspension of his conviction in a criminal defamation case, and stay of Gujarat High Court judgment on July 21

The Hindu

On Rahul Gandhi’s conviction

The Gujarat High Court's verdict on Rahul Gandhi's criminal revision petition raises questions on defamation, disqualification and electoral representation law. The Court denied relief to the petitioner, citing that a stay of conviction is an exception to be resorted to in rare cases. The comment by Mr. Gandhi, “why all…

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‘Modi’ surname remark | BJP MLA Purnesh Modi files caveat in Rahul Gandhi defamation case

BJP MLA Purnesh Modi, the complainant in the defamation case against Rahul Gandhi, has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court seeking that he be heard if the Congress leader moves a plea challenging the high court verdict refusing to stay his conviction in the Modi surname remark case.

The Hindu

Dangerously fanciful: On the judiciary, Rahul Gandhi’s conviction and the defamation case

The extent to which a judicial order can go to make a defamation case sound like a horrific crime against society at large is astounding

The Hindu

Rahul Gandhi defamation case | How definite is ‘Modi’ as a ‘collection of persons’?

The fight for relief in the Rahul Gandhi criminal defamation case in the Supreme Court will revolve around the question whether the term ‘Modi’ is an identifiable and definite group or collection of persons.

The Hindu

Congress to move Supreme Court after Gujarat High Court refuses to stay Rahul Gandhi’s conviction

The Congress has announced that it will move the Supreme Court after the Gujarat High Court refused to stay Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in the Modi surname case.

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The Guardian - UK

Indian court rejects Rahul Gandhi’s plea to suspend defamation conviction

Judge calls conviction of opposition leader ‘just, proper and legal’ as lawyer vows to take case to supreme court

The Hindu

Matter will be taken up further: Congress on HC’s refusal to stay Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in defamation case

The judgment redoubles the Congress’ resolve to pursue the matter further, the party on Friday said after the Gujarat High Court refused to stay Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a defamation case.

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Gujarat High Court denies stay on Rahul Gandhi's conviction in defamation case, upholds Sessions Court order

In a setback for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Gujarat High Court on Friday upheld the Sessions Court's order and denied a stay on his conviction in the defamation case against 'Modi surname' remark. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gujarat High Court dismisses Rahul Gandhi’s plea against his conviction in defamation case

The Gujarat High Court on July 7, 2023, refused to stay the conviction and suspend two years jail term awarded to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the criminal defamation case in which he has been sentenced to two years in jail by a court in Surat. The case was related to…

The Hindu

'Defamatory' remarks against PM Modi: Bombay HC extends interim relief for Rahul from court appearance till August 2

The Bombay High Court on June 12 extended till August 2 the interim relief granted to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from appearance before a court in Mumbai in a defamation complaint on his alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018.

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"Could never imagine something like this could happen," Rahul Gandhi on disqualification from Parliament

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that he was the first person to be given a "maximum sentence for defamation" and had never imagined something like him being disqualified from the Lok Sabha, could ever happen when he joined politics two decades ago..

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Subramanian Swamy opposes Rahul Gandhi’s plea for passport

A court in New Delhi on May 24, 2023 posted the hearing on a plea for a fresh passport by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, an accused in the National Herald case, on May 26.

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