Lucknow, February 27 The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court heard a lengthy appeal challenging a lower court order, which had rejected a petitioner's plea to direct the registration of an FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over allegations of dual citizenship.
The bench has scheduled the next hearing for March 9.
The petition was filed by S Vignesh Shishir, a BJP worker from Karnataka, who has made serious allegations against the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Official Secrets Act, Foreigners Act, and Passport Act.
He initially filed the complaint before the special MP-MLA Court in Rae Bareli.
On December 17, 2025, the case was transferred to the MP-MLA Court in Lucknow at the petitioner's request.
On January 28 this year, the MP-MLA Court in Lucknow rejected Vignesh's plea to order the registration of an FIR against Gandhi and initiate a detailed investigation into the citizenship matter.
The court observed that it was not competent to decide on the citizenship issue.
The petitioner then approached the high court challenging this order.
