Rahul Gandhi will challenge Surat court order in High Court: Congress

s a court in Gujarat’s Surat rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s application for a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark, party spokesperson A.M. Singhvi in a media briefing in Delhi on April 20 said a wrong decision has been reaffirmed.

After a court in Gujarat’s Surat rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s application for a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark, party spokesperson A.M. Singhvi in a media briefing in Delhi on April 20 said a “wrong decision has been reaffirmed”.

“We will appeal to Supreme Court and explore all other legal possibilities,” he said.

“The point is simple, a most unfortunate and unsustainable legal decision of the magistrate has been upheld in an even more erroneous judgement of the sessions court given today. The conviction has been upheld contrary to all basic and elementary principles of law.

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“The judgement will be challenged in near future in the High Court. We are confident, that superior courts with the constitutional power of judicial review, namely High Court and Supreme Court will set right the legal errors found in this judgement,” he said.

Mr. Gandhi’s lawyer Kirit Panwala also said the sessions court’s order will be challenged in Gujarat High Court. He said the sessions court has set May 20 as the date to begin hearing his appeal against the lower court’s March 23 order.

Dr. Singhvi added that Congress is clear that the “judgements are devoid of valid and sustainable legal reasoning”.