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The political and legal fallout of the Surat verdict

The political and legal fallout of the Surat verdict

The minute a Surat court convicted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on charges of criminal defamation, it was clear there was an imminent threat to his position as the Member of Parliament from Wayanad. Though the court suspended his sentence of two years, a 2013 Supreme Court judgment had already clarified that a stay on the […]