A Delhi court has set aside a magisterial court order that dismissed a petition alleging forged documents were used to include Congress leader Sonia Gandhi in voter rolls before she obtained Indian citizenship. The case will be heard afresh with the additional requirement of a reasoned order.
A Delhi court, presided by Special Judge Vishal Gogne of Dwarka courts, has set aside a magistrate's order that dismissed a petition filed by Rouse Avenue Court Bar Association Vice President Vikas Tripathi. The petition alleges that Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's name was included in the voter rolls of New Delhi constituency in 1980, three years before she obtained Indian citizenship.
The magistrate's order from September 11, 2025, did not provide a reason for dismissing the petition, according to Live Law. Consequently, Judge Gogne directed the magistrate to hear the petition afresh and pass a 'reasoned order'.
Tripathi alleges that Gandhi's name was deleted from the electoral rolls in 1982 due to irregularities and re-entered in 1983, the year she obtained citizenship. According to Bar and Bench, during this process, the trial court violated provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita by not seeking a status report from the police.
The sessions court stated that the magistrate failed to discuss the sequence in which Gandhi's name was included, deleted, and again included in the electoral rolls in 1980, 1982, and 1983. The matter will be listed before the additional chief judicial magistrate on September 29.
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