Raebareli: The Particular MP-MLA Courtroom in Raebareli has admitted a prison plea filed by a Karnataka-based chief alleging that Congress chief and MP Rahul Gandhi holds British citizenship in violation of Indian legislation.

The petition claimed that a number of offences might have been dedicated underneath the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), Foreigners Act, Passport Act, and different related statutes.

The case, registered as Case No. 3156/2025, will now be taken up for the subsequent listening to on December 5, when the court docket is anticipated to evaluation the police report and resolve on the proceedings additional.

Bengaluru-based chief S Vignesh Shishir filed a petition earlier than Particular Judicial Justice of the Peace (MP-MLA) Vivek Kumar towards Gandhi. Shishir additionally accused the Congress chief of offering info to enemy nations and acquiring a pretend passport.

In the meantime, in one other case registered towards Rahul Gandhi, a defamation criticism by VD Savarkar’s grandnephew, the Pune Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom directed the Congress chief to not touch upon court docket orders that he has not contested.

“If the accused has any grievance towards the issuance of the summons order, he ought to problem it earlier than the suitable court docket. However he can not make any touch upon an order he has not challenged. Both he should settle for the order or problem it earlier than the suitable court docket. Subsequently, this court docket directs that the accused shall not make any touch upon any order which has grow to be closing or stays unchallenged,” Justice of the Peace Amol Shinde stated in an order on Tuesday.

Rahul Gandhi had pleaded not responsible earlier than a Pune court docket in reference to a defamation case filed towards him. The plea was submitted earlier than Judicial Justice of the Peace (First Class) and Particular Choose for MP/MLA circumstances, Amol Sriram Shinde, on the Pune District Courtroom. Advocate Milind Pawar appeared on behalf of Rahul Gandhi, because the Congress chief was not personally current through the proceedings.

The defamation criticism was filed by Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of VD Savarkar, alleging that Rahul Gandhi made defamatory and derogatory statements in regards to the freedom fighter throughout an Abroad Congress occasion in the UK in 2023. The remarks had been subsequently circulated on social media, allegedly damaging Savarkar’s legacy and public picture. (ANI)

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