Supreme Court has recently set aside a 2017 judgement of the Gujarat High Court, which quashed an FIR registered by the State Police in 2015 against the fugitive businessman Mehul Chinubhai Choksi
The defamation case stems from derogatory statements made by AAP supremo and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and his party senior leader Sanjay Singh concerning Prime Minister Modi’s academic degree
Rahul Gandhi may now go to a larger bench of the Gujarat High Court or the Supreme Court. If they overturn the verdict or even reduce the sentence, his disqualification will be withdrawn.
The criminal defamation case was filed over a remark made by Rahul Gandhi during the 2019 Lok Sabha campaign. Referring to persons like Lalit Modi, and Nirav Modi, Rahul Gandhi had asked "Why do all thieves have the Modi surname?."
Gujarat government opposed the bail plea of 'activist' Teesta Setalvad by submitting that she served as a ‘tool’ in the hands of politicians during the 2002 Gujarat riots