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Modi surname case: No stay on Rahul Gandhi conviction; HC says 'purity in politics' needed

IndiaTimes Friday, 7 July 2023
Rejecting Gandhi's plea for a stay, Justice H M Prachchhak noted various criminal defamation cases pending against Gandhi. "As many as 10 criminal cases are pending against the applicant. It is now the need of the hour to have purity in politics. Representatives of the people should be men of clear antecedents," the judge observed.
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