Allahabad high court judge recuses himself from Rahul Gandhi's dual citizenship case

LUCKNOW: Perturbed with unpleasant concern caused successful Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's dual citizenship case, Justice Subhash Vidyarthi of Lucknow seat of Allahabad precocious tribunal connected Monday recused himself from proceeding of the lawsuit and requested the main justness to represent different bench.

On Monday, Justice Vidyarthi was peculiarly peeved by the societal media posts of petitioner S Shishir Vignesh aft his erstwhile order.Justice Vidyarthi , however, admitted that helium should person issued announcement to Rahul Gandhi successful the lawsuit earlier dictating filing of an FIR connected April 17, 2026 successful an unfastened tribunal . He besides chastised the lawyers of each the parties for not placing earlier him the close ineligible presumption arsenic to whether the projected accused was required to beryllium heard.Hearing a plea from of a Karnataka BJP worker, Justice Vidyarthi connected April 17, 2026 had dictated an bid successful unfastened tribunal , directing Uttar Pradesh constabulary to registry an FIR against Rahul successful lawsuit of alleged treble citizenship controversy.However, erstwhile the bid came to beryllium uploaded connected precocious court’s website connected April connected April 18, 2026 , it stated that earlier the bid was typed and signed , the justice came to cognize that successful a starring verdict of the Allahabad precocious court, it was mandatory to contented announcement to the projected accused , successful this lawsuit Gandhi, earlier transportation immoderate judgement connected the issue.

The justice had, thereafter, alternatively of signing the order, posted the substance for further proceeding connected April 20 connected question of issuance of announcement to Gandhi. In its bid passed connected Monday, the justice clarified that it was mandatory to contented announcement to Gandhi anterior to passing immoderate bid successful the case.The justice was specially peeved by the societal media posts made by the petitioner, S Shishir Vignesh. “The messages posted by the petitioner connected societal media aft passing of the bid connected April 17 magnitude to casting aspersions connected this tribunal and keeping those successful consideration, I find it due to recuse from proceeding this case”, said Justice Vidyarthi.Expressing annoyance that due ineligible assistance was not fixed to him by informing that issuance of announcement to projected accused was necessary, Justice Vidyarthi observed, “ I americium pained to enactment that the lawyers appearing successful this lawsuit person failed to execute their work of providing assistance to the Court successful a just manner.”