Delhi HC seeks govt assistance in Swamy’s plea over citizenship status of Rahul Gandhi

The petition has been listed next for January 13.

Written by Sohini Ghosh

New Delhi | December 7, 2024 03:16 AM IST

1 min read

In November, the HC had expressed its concern that adjudicating Swamy’s plea may lead to “two parallel proceedings” over the same issue, as another plea by Vignesh Shishir.

The Delhi High Court Friday sought the Centre’s position on a petition by former BJP MP Subramanian Swamy seeking the court’s directions to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on his allegations regarding Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship status.

Taken up before the bench of Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, the court sought “assistance” from the government’s counsel before passing any order. The government’s counsel Apoorv Kurup has now been designated as a senior advocate. The petition has been listed next for January 13.

In November, the HC had expressed its concern that adjudicating Swamy’s plea may lead to “two parallel proceedings” over the same issue, as another plea by Vignesh Shishir, a BJP worker from Bengaluru, challenging Gandhi’s alleged dual citizenship and seeking a CBI probe into the matter, is pending before the Allahabad HC.

The Allahabad HC is due to hear the plea on December 19 where it has directed the MHA to apprise the court of the status of Shishir’s representation made to the MHA.

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