The court said Hardik should have challenged the conviction in August 2018, when a sessions court found him guilty. “If you can’t help yourself, we also can’t help you,” Justice Arun Misra, heading a three-judge bench, told an advocate appearing for Hardik, who wants to contest the Jamnagar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat. Sorry, if you can’t help yourself, we also cant help you,” Justice Misra said. The Patel community leader had been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by the sessions court. Gujarat High Court last week declined to stay his conviction, aggrieved by which Hardik moved the apex court.

Source: The Telegraph April 02, 2019 21:22 UTC