PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 1 -- The Allahabad high court on Monday adjourned till September 3 the hearing of a petition filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi challenging the decision of the Varanasi MP-MLA court that had directed a subordinate court to hear afresh an application seeking registration of an FIR against him for his statement on Sikhs made during a 2024 visit to the United States. The order was passed by Justice Sameer Jain.

The court of the additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM MP-MLA), Varanasi, had on November 28, 2024, rejected the application filed by Nageshwar Mishra seeking registration of an FIR against Gandhi. The ACJM's court had observed that as the speech was given in the US, the matter is outside its jurisdiction.

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