Supreme Court dismisses petition raising issue of Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship

The Supreme Court today dismissed the petition filed seeking to restrain Congress President Rahul Gandhi from contesting the Lok Sabha elections on account of questions surrounding his citizenship.The Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna dismissed the petition. CJI Gogoi remarked,.“Some company in some form has mentioned Rahul Gandhi as a British citizen, so does he become a British citizen? Dismissed.”.The petition was filed by one Jai Bhagwan Goyal, who is affiliated to the Hindu Mahasabha..Last week, another petition was filed alleging that Gandhi has acquired British citizenship and that the Election Commission is required to decide on the question of his eligibility to contest the ongoing elections. On this ground, the petitioner had sought the removal of Gandhi’s name from the electoral rolls..Additionally, it was also prayed that Rahul Gandhi be debarred from contesting Lok Sabha elections from Amethi and Wayanad on the ground that “he is incompetent to contest elections to fill a seat as per the provisions of Constitution of India read with the provisions of the Representation of People Act.”.[Read Order].Bar & Bench is available on WhatsApp. For real-time updates on stories, click here to subscribe to our WhatsApp.