Gujarat High Court rejects Hardik Patel's plea, deals huge blow to his poll prospects

Ahmedabad | Saturday | 30th March, 2019

Summary:

Will campaign for Congress: HardikAs he welcomed the HC judgment, the Patidar leader vented his ire against the BJP on Twitter. Justice Uraizee also remarked that at this stage, the court does not want to enter into whether the trial court committed an error in convicting the Patidar leader or not. This apart, the bench held that it was not a rarest of the rare case where the court needed to intervene. With April 4 being the last date for filing of nominations, Hardik has little time to challenge the HC order in the Supreme Court. While the high court in August 2018 suspended his sentence, it did not stay his conviction..