Plea challenging Rahul's citizenship turned down

No justification for keeping plea under consideration: Allahabad HC

- NAMITA BAJPAI @ Lucknow

THE Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court disposed of the petition challenging Rahul Gandhi's Indian citizenship on Monday because the Centre could not give a time frame for resolving the complaint and asked the petitioner to explore alternative legal remedies.

The division bench, comprising Justice AR Masoodi and Justice Rajeev Singh, stated that since the Union government could not specify any time frame for resolving the petitioner's complaint, there was no justification for keeping the petition under consideration.

However, the petitioner, S Vignesh Shishir, from Bengaluru, "is free to seek alternative legal remedies in this matter," said the bench.