Posted 1/19/2024, 12:14:32 PM
Supreme Court Slaps Rs 1 Lakh Fine on Lawyer Challenging Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha Membership Restoration
- Advocate Ashok Pandey challenged restoration of Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha membership after he was convicted in defamation case
- Supreme Court imposed Rs 1 lakh fine on Pandey, calling petition frivolous and waste of judicial time
- Rahul Gandhi was convicted and sentenced to 2 years in jail in 2019 defamation case over 'Modi surname' remark
- His conviction disqualified him as MP under Representation of People Act; membership later restored
- Pandey had argued Speaker was not right to restore membership after Rahul lost it due to conviction