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Supreme Court suspends Rahul Gandhi's conviction in defamation case

2023-08-04 17:24
The ruling potentially allows Mr Gandhi to return to parliament and contest the 2024 general elections.
Supreme Court suspends Rahul Gandhi's conviction in defamation case

India's Supreme Court has suspended opposition leader Rahul Gandhi's conviction in a criminal defamation case.

The Congress leader was sentenced to two years in jail in March for his 2019 comments about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surname at an election rally.

He was disqualified as an...