New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS): A day after the Supreme Court stayed the conviction of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case, Rajya Sabha MP and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal on Saturday said that he had publicly called the conviction unwarranted and that it will not stand.
In a tweet, Sibal, who is also an eminent lawyer said, “Supreme Court Stays Rahul’s conviction. On the day Rahul was convicted, I publicly said the conviction is unwarranted and will not stand. The reason I gave is what the Supreme Court said yesterday unfortunate that court procedures are used for political agendas.”
On Friday, the top court had stayed the conviction of Rahul in Modi surname remark defamation case, which cost him his Lok Sabha membership.
The Court observed that no reasons were given by the trial judge for imposing the maximum punishment of two years in the case.
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RANGA, MANGALORE
Sat, Aug 05 2023..every one has right to approach court..some one approached, court given verdict..other party always has option to go to higher court..its democarcy..you only crying death of democracy if get adverse verdict..now SC stayed the sentence (still case runs on Rahul)..you people just dragged time to get publicity..a MP from Lakhdeep caught in corruption case, got sentence from Kerlaa High court, then he also got favorable judgement from SC..Can you say Kerala HC also favourbale to Modi!!
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