{"id":381882,"date":"2026-04-22T10:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=381882"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:26:08","slug":"all-hc-judge-recuses-from-hearing-petition-rahul-gandhi-citizenship-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/04\/22\/all-hc-judge-recuses-from-hearing-petition-rahul-gandhi-citizenship-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Posts Crossed the Line, Court Was Misled: Allahabad HC Judge Recuses from Hearing the Rahul Gandhi Citizenship Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.animate-charcter{background-image: linear-gradient(-225deg, #231557 0%, #44107a 29%, #ff1361 67%, #fff800 100%); background-size: 200% auto; -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; animation: textclip 0s linear infinite;}\n@keyframes textclip {to {background-position: 200% center;}}\n<\/style>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Disclaimer:<\/span> <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">This has been reported after the availability of the order of the Court and not on media reports so as to give an accurate report to our readers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Allahabad High Court:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">In a petition filed in the Rahul Gandhi citizenship case, the Single Judge Bench of Subhash Vidyarthi, J., recused itself from the matter, noting that the petitioner in his social media posts had cast aspersions on the Court for not uploading the order as dictated in open court due to the later discovery of a contrary precedent. The Court also noted that the counsels and the petitioner had misled the Court on the point of law that it had sought assistance on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Also Read:<\/span> <span class=\"Hyperlink\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/08\/30\/all-hc-grants-personal-security-man-who-challenged-rahul-gandhi-citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Pursuing case against very powerful individual and facing threats&#8221;: Allahabad HC grants personal security to man who challenged Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s citizenship<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The petitioner, a Bharatiya Janta Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh member, filed the present application seeking quashing of the judgment passed by the Trial Court wherein his application seeking direction of registration of FIR against Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition and Member of Parliament. He sought registration of an FIR against Rahul Gandhi under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803676\" target=\"_blank\">318<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803695\" target=\"_blank\">335<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803701\" target=\"_blank\">340<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803585\" target=\"_blank\">236<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803586\" target=\"_blank\">237<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803749\" target=\"_blank\">61<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803487\" target=\"_blank\">148<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803486\" target=\"_blank\">147<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803492\" target=\"_blank\">152<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803587\" target=\"_blank\">238<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803591\" target=\"_blank\">241<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804326\" target=\"_blank\">Nyaya Sanhita, 2023<\/a> (BNS), Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001537970\" target=\"_blank\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001537972\" target=\"_blank\">5<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001537973\" target=\"_blank\">6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002823104\" target=\"_blank\">Official Secrets Act, 1923<\/a>, and Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001534198\" target=\"_blank\">12<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001534199\" target=\"_blank\">13<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002801310\" target=\"_blank\">Passport Act, 1967<\/a>, and Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001548959\" target=\"_blank\">14(B)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001548959\" target=\"_blank\">14(C)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002780398\" target=\"_blank\">Foreigners Act, 1946<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The petitioner contended that Rahul Gandhi was a UK citizen and had incorporated a company named Backops Ltd. (the Company) in the UK in 2003. He also allegedly declared his nationality as British as per the Companies House, United Kingdom, submitted annual returns of the Company, and dissolved the Company in 2009. He further alleged that while contesting the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections, Rahul Gandhi filed an affidavit along with a nomination form, thereby admitting and mentioning the ownership of the Company and his foreign bank account.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The petitioner also contended that a notice was issued to Rahul Gandhi on 29 April 2019 by the Director (Citizenship), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (the Director), due to a complaint.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">On 9 March 2026, the Court directed the production of the complete record related to the notice issued by the Director. Thereafter, on the next date, the Court perused the said record and allowed the impleadment of the Government of India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Further, on 17 April 2026, during the hearing, a question was put by the Court to the petition and the counsels as to whether a notice was required to be issued to Rahul Gandhi. All of them submitted that there was no requirement of issuance of a notice to the proposed accused while deciding an application under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803876\" target=\"_blank\">173(4)<\/a> read with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803878\" target=\"_blank\">175(3)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023<\/a> (BNSS). Therefore, no notice needed to be issued to Rahul Gandhi while deciding an application under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804270\" target=\"_blank\">528<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">BNSS<\/a>, which challenged the validity of an order rejecting an application filed under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803876\" target=\"_blank\">173(4)<\/a> read with Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803878\" target=\"_blank\">175(3)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">BNSS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Thereafter, the Court dictated the judgment in open court. However, before the judgment could be typed and signed, the Court came across a judgment rendered by a Coordinate Bench in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jagannath Verma<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of U.P.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/imVBw8Xe\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #4a6ee0;\">2014 SCC OnLine All 11859<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">, wherein the Full Bench held that an order of a Magistrate rejecting an application under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519391\" target=\"_blank\">156(3)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">Criminal Procedure Code, 1973<\/a> (CrPC) for the registration of a case by the police and for investigation, is not an interlocutory order. Such an order is amenable to the remedy of a criminal revision under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519685\" target=\"_blank\">397<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a>. In revision proceedings under Section 397, the prospective accused or, as the case may be, the person who is suspected of having committed the crime, is entitled to an opportunity of being heard before a decision is taken in the criminal revision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Accordingly, the Court stated that the application under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804270\" target=\"_blank\">528<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">BNSS<\/a> should not be decided without issuing notice to Rahul Gandhi, as the parties needed to be given an opportunity to address the Court on this aspect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">After the 17 April order was passed, the petitioner made three social media posts talking about an alleged conspiracy from State elements and the Congress Party. He posted another message urging people to urge the Chief Justice of India to direct the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court at the Lucknow Bench to upload the 17 April order, as the matter pertains to the national security of India and concerns the larger public interest of every Indian citizen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Also Read:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/08\/21\/forum-shopping-bombay-hc-imposes-cost-litigant-recusal-bribery-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Forum shopping cannot be allowed to litigants&#8221;; Bombay HC imposes Rs 50,000 cost on litigant who sought recusal of Judges on scurrilous bribery allegations<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Analysis<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Noting the statements made by the petitioner on social media, the Court stated that he was casting aspersions against the Court as the Court had not yet signed and uploaded the 17 April order, which had been pronounced in open court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: #0e101a;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;The messages indicate that the petitioner has lost faith in this Court.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court noted that the petitioner had posted yet another message on social media seeking public opinion on whether he should request the Court to issue notice to Rahul Gandhi and seek his personal appearance. He also stated that he fully believed in the Court and the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court remarked that the first three messages indicated that he had cast aspersions on this Court, but thereafter, he sought a public opinion as to whether he should proceed with the matter before this Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Furthermore, the Court noted that on 17 April, the petitioner stated that he appreciated the judgment pronounced by the Court, and the same was reported in the <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Times of India<\/span>. The Court remarked, <span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">&#8220;The Courts do not get influenced by the appreciation of litigants. However, the messages quoted above, posted after passing of the order dated 17 April, amount to casting aspersions on this Court, and keeping those in consideration, I find it appropriate to recuse from hearing this case.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">On the aspect of Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804270\" target=\"_blank\">528<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">BNSS<\/a>, the Court stated that it was pained to say that the petitioner had misled the Court about the legal position as to whether a notice is required to be issued to the proposed accused in a petition under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804270\" target=\"_blank\">528<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">BNSS<\/a> challenging an order rejecting an application under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803876\" target=\"_blank\">173 (4)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">BNSS<\/a>. The Court recorded in the 17 April order that this question was put to all the counsels appearing for the parties, including the Deputy Solicitor General of India (DSGI) and the government advocate assisted by the additional government advocate and other lawyers, and all of them categorically stated that there was no need to issue notice to Rahul Gandhi. However, the Court issued notice due to the decision in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jagannath Verma (supra)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court stated that though the aforesaid principle was laid down in the context of a revision under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519685\" target=\"_blank\">397<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a>, the petition under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804270\" target=\"_blank\">528<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">BNSS<\/a> also challenges the validity of an order rejecting an application under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803876\" target=\"_blank\">173(4)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">BNSS<\/a>, which is substantially akin to a revision and, therefore, the aforesaid principle laid down by the Full Bench in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jagannath Verma (supra)<\/span> appeared to be applicable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Rejecting the DSGI&#8217;s submission that he could not be faulted for not providing correct assistance to the Court on the question of law as the Union of India was a formal party, the Court stated that it can request assistance on a question of law from any of the counsels, and being officers of the Court, they should assist. <span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">The DSGI is a designated Senior Advocate, and the Court can certainly request assistance on a question of law.<\/span> Moreover, the Court noted that when it had asked the question during the hearing, he had not declined to answer the question on the ground that he was not representing a contesting party. Rather, he had given a categorical answer that there was no requirement to issue notice to Rahul Gandhi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">In this regard, the Court referred to <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lal Bahadur Gautam v. State of U.P<\/span>., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/B8dxrc43\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"color: #4a6ee0;\">(2019) 6 SCC 441<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">, and remarked that it was pained to note that the counsels appearing in the present case failed to perform their duty of assisting the Court fairly as per the level expected by the Supreme Court in the abovementioned case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court stated that although it is the duty of the Court to render justice by passing appropriate orders, the Court is entitled to receive assistance from counsel in the discharge of this duty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center; color: #0e101a;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">&#8220;Lack of proper assistance creates a hurdle in expeditious dispensation of justice.<\/span>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In the present case, although the correct legal position was not placed before the Court and the Court had pronounced an order, it later corrected the same after discovering the relevant law laid down in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jagannath Verma (supra)<\/span>, thereby preventing an erroneous order from being passed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: #0e101a;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;Instead of admitting the mistake in placing the correct position before the Court, the petitioner blamed the Court for not uploading the order that was dictated in open court and has created an unpleasant situation leading this court to recuse from hearing of the case.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Regarding the contention that the law laid down in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jagannath Verma (supra)<\/span> was not applicable in the present case, the Court reiterated that in the 17 April order, it had left this issue open for adjudication after hearing the parties.<\/p>\n<h3>Decision<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Accordingly, the Court held that it did not deem it appropriate to hear the matter any further and recused itself from hearing the matter since the petitioner had publicly cast aspersions on the Court on social media. The Court directed the matter to be placed before the Chief Justice for nomination of another Bench and stated that the said Bench would hear the parties on the question of law raised regarding Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804270\" target=\"_blank\">528<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">BNSS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">S. Vignesh Shishir<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Rahul Gandhi<\/span>, Application u\/S 528 BNSS No. 673 of 2026, decided on 20-4-2026<\/span>]<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the petitioner:<\/span> Petitioner in person<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the respondent:<\/span> Government Advocate Dr. V.K. Singh, AGA-I Yogesh Kumar Singh, AGA Mayank Sinha, DSGI S.B. Pandey, Advocate Raj Kumar Singh, Central Government Counsel Anand Dwivedi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;Instead of admitting the mistake in placing the correct position before the Court, the petitioner blamed the Court for not uploading the order that was dictated in open court and has created an unpleasant situation leading this Court to recuse from hearing of the 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