Ahmedabad, April 26: Gujarat High Court judge, Justice Githa Gopi, recused herself from hearing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea seeking a stay on his conviction by a magistrate court in a criminal defamation case. The appeal was mentioned before single judge Justice Githa. who advised the advocate to approach the acting Chief Justice of the High Court to assign another bench for the hearing. Earlier, a Surat sessions court had dismissed Gandhi’s plea seeking suspension of his conviction by the magistrate court on April 20, citing that his disqualification would not result in an irreversible loss to him and refused to grant interim relief.
