Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has actually approached the Allahabad High Court versus an order of an unique MP-MLA court of Varanasi that had actually directed a secondary court to hear afresh an application looking for registration of an FIR versus him for his declaration on Sikhs made throughout a 2024 United States go to.
The matter is noted before a single bench of Justice Sameer Jain for hearing on September 1 (Monday).
Extra Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM MP-MLA), Varanasi, had on November 28, 2024, turned down the application submitted by Nageshwar Mishra looking for registration of FIR versus Gandhi, observing that as the speech was given up the United States, the matter is outside its jurisdiction.
This order was challenged by Rao before the sessions court and the court of Special Judge (MP/ MLA) on 21 July 2025 directed the ACJM to hear the matter afresh.
Now, Gandhi has actually submitted a modification petition in the Allahabad High Court versus this choice. It has actually been argued that the order of the unique court is “wrong, illegal and without jurisdiction”
Throughout a program in the United States in September 2024, Rahul Gandhi had apparently stated that the environment in India is bad for Sikhs. The remarks were called as “provocative and divisive” and there were demonstrations versus it.
Varanasi resident Nageshwar Mishra had actually attempted to get an FIR signed up versus Gandhi over this declaration at the Sarnath police headquarters of Varanasi, however when he did not prosper, he submitted the application in court versus the Congress leader.