The Allahabad High Court on Friday (September 26, 2025) dismissed Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s plea against an order of the Varanasi MP/MLA Sessions Court over the Congress leader’s remarks in the United States in relation to the Sikh community.

Mr. Gandhi sought for the remanding of the plea for FIR against him, over his purported utterances in the US, to the magistrate court to decide afresh. Justice Sameer Jain was hearing the plea.

One Nageshwar Mishra of Varanasi was stated to have filed an application before magisterial court dealing with MP/MLA cases in Varanasi.

The Court on November 28, 2024 rejected the application for FIR against Mr. Gandhi and said purported speech was given in the U.S., so it was beyond its jurisdiction.

The order was challenged before the special M

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