After much of struggle finally a good news for Rahul Gandhi, as the Supreme Court stayed Rahul Gandhi's conviction in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark, restoring his status as a member of Parliament.

This judgement of the top court will also allow him to contest the national elections due next year.

Pronouncing the verdict, a bench Justices  BR Gavai, PS Narasimha, and Sanjay Kumar was hearing Gandhi’s plea challenging the Gujarat High Court's refusal to stay his conviction in a criminal defamation

Justice BR Gavai said the ramifications of Gandhi's conviction are wide since it will also affect the right of the electorates who elected him.

"Particularly when the offence was non-compoundable, bailable and cognizable, the least which was expected from the learned trial judge was to give reasons for imposing the maximum punishment. Though the learned appellate court and the High Court have spent voluminous pages in rejecting the applications, these aspects are not seen considered".

At the same time, the bench observed that the utterances of Rahul Gandhi were not in "good taste" and said that a person in public life ought to have been more careful while making public speeches.

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