Published on : 04 Dec 2025, 3:17 pm 3 min read

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking disqualification of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi from the Lok Sabha [ Ashok Pandey v. Rahul Gandhi & Ors.]

The petition, filed by advocate Ashok Pandey, sought Gandhi's removal from Lok Sabha on the ground that he was disqualified from being a Member of Parliament (MP) due to his conviction by a Gujarat court in a defamation case .

However, the Court noted that the conviction was stayed by the Supreme Court in August 2023.

A Bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Manjive Shukla stated that once a conviction is stayed, the disqualification under Section 8(3) does not operate.

" We are of the view that no substantial question of law arises in the

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