'Modi Surname' Case: Rahul Gandhi Moves Gujarat HC Seeking Stay On Conviction

The petition comes 5 days after a sessions court in Surat rejected Gandhi's plea seeking a stay on his conviction.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday, 25 April, moved the Gujarat High Court seeking stay on his conviction in the 2019 'Modi-surname' criminal defamation case.

The petition comes five days after a sessions court in Surat rejected Gandhi's plea seeking a stay on his conviction.

The court, on 23 March, had convicted Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case for his comment that said "all people with Modi surname are thieves" that he made during an election rally in Kolar in April 2019.