NEW DELHI: The Delhi excessive court docket on Tuesday stated that the plea filed by BJP chief Subramanian Swamy concerning the citizenship of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi can be handled as a Public Curiosity Litigation (PIL).
Subramanian Swamy, in his plea, had requested that the Ministry of Residence Affairs (MHA) be directed to take motion on his illustration, which seeks the cancellation of Rahul Gandhi’s Indian citizenship.
In the course of the listening to, the court docket clarified, “We now have not commented on the deserves of the case.”
Swamy’s plea additionally known as for the MHA to supply a standing report on the illustration he had submitted in opposition to Rahul Gandhi, who’s the chief of the opposition within the Lok Sabha.
The petition, filed by advocate Satya Sabharwal, talked about that Swamy had written to the ministry on August 6, 2019, alleging “violations” by Gandhi.
Particularly, Swamy claimed that Gandhi had “voluntarily disclosed” to the British authorities that he was a British citizen, which might require holding a British passport.
Swamy argued that, as an Indian citizen, Gandhi’s actions violated Article 9 of the Structure, together with the Indian Citizenship Act, and that this is able to end result within the lack of his Indian citizenship.
Swamy additional said that he had repeatedly inquired with the ministry concerning the standing of his criticism, however no motion had been taken, nor had he obtained any communication on the matter.
(With company inputs)
