Dual citizenship case: Big relief to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, FIR will not be registered, High Court stays its own order.

Congress MP and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has got a big relief from Rae Bareli seat of Uttar Pradesh. On Saturday, April 18, 2026, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has stayed its own order to register an FIR against Rahul Gandhi in the dual citizenship case. The court directly said that FIR cannot be ordered without issuing notice to Rahul Gandhi.

Let us tell you that the Lucknow bench of the High Court has taken a U-turn on its own decision. On Friday, April 17, 2026, the court had ordered to register an FIR against Rahul Gandhi, but within 24 hours the court changed its decision and stayed the FIR order. Not only this, the court said that the order to register FIR against Rahul Gandhi without giving notice is not appropriate. The court has issued the revised order on its website on Saturday. Now the next date of hearing in this case has been fixed on April 20.

Know what is the whole matter?

Actually, the Congress MP is accused of being a dual citizen. The petition filed by Vignesh Shishir claims that Rahul Gandhi has two citizenships, Indian and British, and this is a crime according to Indian law. On January 28, 2026, Vignesh had rejected the petition filed by the MPMLA court against Rahul Gandhi but the court had rejected his petition to order the registration of an FIR against the Congress MP.

After this, petitioner Vignesh approached the High Court and filed a petition. While hearing this case, the court also ordered an FIR against the Congress leader on Friday but the next day i.e. on Saturday, it stayed its own FIR order. Let us tell you that the petitioner has made serious allegations against Rahul Gandhi under the Indian Justice Code, Official Secrets Act, Foreigners Act and Passport Act.