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Apr 20 • 8 tweets • 6 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Surat Sessions Court to pronounce order today on plea by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking stay on his conviction in defamation case

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Additional Sessions Judge Robin Mogera will pronounce order on Gandhi's application to suspend his sentence and stay his conviction, shortly.

#RahulGandhi #SuratCourt #DefamationCase
On April 13, the judge had closed the matter for orders.

Read details of the hearing held on April 13.

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#DefamationCase

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#Breaking: Surat Court dismisses Rahul Gandhi's plea for suspension of conviction and sentence.

#RahulGandhi #SuratCourt
#DefamationCase
Judge Robin Mogera in his 27-page order has rejected the argument that Purnesh Modi's complaint was not maintainable.

The judge has opined that Purnesh Modi is ex-minister and involved in public life and thus, the defamatory remarks, made by Gandhi, would have certainly harmed… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Judge Mogera has observed that Gandhi was not an ordinary
person and was sitting MP at the relevant time and connected with public life. Thus, any word spoken
by him would have large impact in mind of common public. High standard of morality is expected from a person like Gandhi,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Further, the court has noted that Gandhi was then the president of the second largest political party and thus any defamatory words coming from his mouth are enough to cause mental agony to aggrieved person.

The judge has said that uttering defamatory words or comparing persons… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The court has further held that Rahul Gandhi's legal team failed in demonstrating that by not staying the conviction and denying an opportunity to contest the election on account of disqualification,
an irreversible and irrevocable damage is likely to be caused to him.

Judge… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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5-judge Constitution bench to begin hearing today post 10:45 am

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DAY 2: Argument that children of same-sex married couple will be impacted incorrect; gay, lesbian persons can already adopt individually: Supreme Court… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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#SupremeCourtofIndia to hear a batch of 20 petitions seeking to legalise same sex marriage

A five-judge Constitution bench to begin hearing today post 10:45 am

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Notions of man, woman, genitals do not define gender in absolute sense: Supreme Court

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#SupremeCourtofIndia to begin hearing a batch of 20 petitions seeking to legalise same sex marriage

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[Allegations of corruption in allotment of #ShivSena party name and symbol]

#DelhiHighCourt is hearing Shiv Sena leader Rahul Ramesh Shewale's defamation suit against Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray and Sanjay Raut.

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