The Gujarat High Court on April 29 posted Rahul Gandhi’s plea challenging a Surat court order declining to stay his conviction in a criminal defamation case for final hearing on May 2.
The court has asked the lawyers of Mr. Gandhi as well as the State government to file their reply by May 2 when the court will hear the final arguments.
During the hearing on Saturday, senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi while appearing for the former Congress president told the High Court that “very serious ex-facie vitiating factors” about the trial’s process led to the conviction of Mr. Gandhi in the defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark.
