Mr Modi’s government has been widely accused of using India's defamation law to silence critics. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW DELHI - Top Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi appealed to the country’s highest court on Saturday over his conviction for defamation, one of his lawyers said, days after a lower court refused to intervene.for comments he made in 2019 which a court ruled were insulting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and those sharing his last name.accused of using the defamation law to silence critics.
His conviction stemmed from a remark made during the 2019 election campaign when he asked why “all thieves have Modi as common surname”. That was “gravely detrimental to democratic free speech”, added the document, which his party provided to AFP. The case – one of several lodged against Gandhi in recent years – has so far only been heard by courts in Gujarat, Mr Modi’s home state.
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