Appeal judge suspends Rahul Gandhi’s two-year defamation jail term

Ruling allows leader of Congress party to return to parliament and contest national electionsThe supreme court of India on Friday suspended Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a defamation case, enabling the opposition Congress party leader to return to parliament and contest national elections, due next year.Gandhi was convicted in March in a case brought by a lawmaker from the ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) in the western state of Gujarat, over comments he made in 2019 deemed insulting to