The Allahabad High Court dismissed a plea seeking registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over his remark that he was in a “fight against the Indian State.”
A single-judge Bench of Justice Vikram D. Chauhan upheld the trial court’s refusal to direct registration of a criminal case against Gandhi in connection with the statement.
The petition had challenged the trial court’s order declining to invoke its powers to order an FIR. With the High Court’s dismissal, the challenge to that refusal has been rejected.
The detailed order is awaited.