NEW DELHI: A Delhi courtroom Saturday directed Congress parliamentary social gathering chairperson Sonia Gandhi to file written submissions in a felony revision petition alleging fraudulent inclusion of her title in electoral rolls previous to buying Indian citizenship, itemizing the matter for Might 16. Through the listening to, the counsel for the complainant concluded oral arguments and sought permission to put on document sure paperwork acquired from the Election Fee of India (ECI). The courtroom allowed the request and took the paperwork on document. It was argued that the revision petition, moved by advocate Vikas Tripathi, doesn’t search graduation of trial at this stage however solely a path to the police to analyze the allegations. The complainant’s counsel additional contended that on the time Sonia Gandhi’s title was allegedly included within the voter record, she had not acquired Indian citizenship, elevating suspicion that the inclusion might have been based mostly on cast or fraudulent paperwork. Opposing the plea, Sonia Gandhi submitted that the allegations are “politically motivated”, baseless, and based on incorrect and deceptive information. She argued that questions regarding citizenship fall solely inside the jurisdiction of the central govt, whereas disputes regarding electoral rolls lie inside the authority of the Election Fee. She additionally acknowledged that no credible documentary proof has been produced to substantiate allegations of forgery or fraud, and described the proceedings as an abuse of the authorized course of. Her counsel sought liberty to advance further submissions on the following date of listening to, which courtroom permitted, directing either side to file written arguments inside every week. Earlier, a Justice of the Peace courtroom had dismissed the criticism looking for registration of an FIR, holding that judicial intervention could be barred beneath Article 329 of the Structure, which limits interference in electoral issues, besides via election petitions. Nonetheless, in Dec 2025, a particular courtroom agreed to look at the revision plea, and issued discover to Sonia Gandhi and Delhi Police.