The Allahabad excessive court docket on Saturday stayed its earlier course ordering the registration of an FIR in opposition to Congress chief and Lok Sabha chief of opposition Rahul Gandhi in reference to an alleged twin citizenship case.The court docket additionally acknowledged that no choice may very well be taken with out first listening to the accused, as information company ANI reported.A day earlier, the Lucknow bench of the excessive court docket had directed the Uttar Pradesh police to register an FIR in opposition to the Congress MP, citing allegations that he hid British citizenship whereas incorporating an organization in England in 2003.The bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi had additionally allowed the state authorities to switch the probe to any central company. It famous {that a} prima facie studying of the allegations indicated cognizable offences, warranting an in depth investigation. The course got here after the Deputy Solicitor Basic submitted related paperwork as sought by the court docket.The plea was filed by Karnataka BJP employee Vignesh Shishir, who alleged that Rahul had declared himself a UK citizen whereas incorporating an organization, M/S Backops Ltd, registered in August 2003. In line with the petitioner, Rahul had voluntarily listed his nationality as British and supplied a Director Identification ID together with addresses in London and Hampshire.Whereas passing its earlier order, the bench had put aside a January 28, 2025 ruling by a particular MP/MLA court docket in Lucknow, which had declined to order an FIR. The excessive court docket noticed that the decrease court docket didn’t adequately look at whether or not the allegations disclosed prima facie cognizable offences.Throughout the listening to, deputy solicitor normal SB Pandey offered central authorities data associated to the citizenship difficulty, whereas state authorities counsel VK Singh agreed that the allegations, on the face of it, warranted investigation. The bench had concluded that the fabric on document prompt the necessity for a probe into the claims of twin citizenship.