In his appeal before Surat court, Rahul Gandhi says was mistreated, sentenced to attract disqualification as MP

 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday moved a Surat court against his conviction in a defamation case and said that he was “treated harshly at the stage of determination of sentence taking into account his position as Member of Parliament” and that the maximum sentence has caused him “irreparable loss”.

In his appeal before the Surat district and sessions court against his two-year conviction, Gandhi also stated it seemed “reasonable to argue” that the maximum sentence awarded to him was to “attract the order of disqualification (as an MP)”.

“Not only is the excessive sentence contrary to the law on the subject but is also unwarranted in the present case which has overriding political overtones,” the appeal says. Terming the conviction “erroneous”, the appeal states that the “material on which it based has not been proved in accordance with law”.

Gandhi’s appeal argues that the disqualification of an elected representative “essentially interferes with the choice of the electorate in a free and fair election” and that a by-election would cause an “enormous burden on the state exchequer”.

In his appeal, seeking suspension of the sentence and bail, Gandhi pointed out that the punishment of two years of simple imprisonment “is very harsh in view of the fact that the lower court has inflicted the same for a single defamatory imputation as to ‘why all the thieves have surname Modi'”.

Among the grounds stated for the appeal, his application says that the complainant/respondent Purnesh Modi “is not the person aggrieved of the offence and has no right to file the complaint” and that the mandatory inquiry under Section 202 of CrPC to be held before summons are issued to the accused “of outside the jurisdiction of the court is not held”.

First published on: 04-04-2023 at 07:28 IST

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Carry on Jatta 3 movie review: Gippy Grewal, Sonam Bajwa deliver laugh-a-minute family entertainer

 Directed by Smeep Kang, the Carry On Jatta series has been a huge success and the first in the series, released in 2012, propelled Gippy Grewal to stardom, putting Punjabi cinema on the map. The third in the series, Carry On Jatta 3 relies on the brand of humour perfected by Kang but with mixed results.

The film unfolds in London, where Jass (Gippy Grewal) is an eligible bachelor, whose father Advocate Dhillon (Jaswinder Bhalla) wants him to get married. Jass falls in love with Meet (Sonam Bajwa). However, as always, there’s a twist. Meet’s uncle Dilawer (Nasir Chinyoti) has a tiff with Advocate Dhillon and both sides resolutely decide against the marriage.

Undeterred, Jass devises a plot with his friend, Honey (Gurpreet Ghuggi), in order to get the woman of his dreams. One hare-brained scheme after another abounds and in navigating the challenges that come his way, Jass finds himself in a much bigger mess than before. In order to hide one lie, the two friends rope in Goldie (Binnu Dhillon) and together, they weave a web of lies. The rest of the film focuses on Jass and Goldie untangling themselves from the madness that ensues and getting the families to agree to Jass and Meet’s union.

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