The Allahabad High Court has asked the Home Ministry to take a decision on the representation raising questions about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Indian citizenship.
The court in an order dated November 25, directed that the Centre to inform the high court about the outcome of the representation on December 19 (next date of hearing).
The court passed the said order after Deputy Solicitor General S.B. Pandey appearing for Centre informed the top court that the representation made by the petitioner has been received in the Ministry and the same is under process.
While listing the matter for December 19, the high court said that the outcome of the representation shall be apprised to the court on the next date of listing.
The high court passed the interim order on a plea filed by one S Vignesh Shishir.
Reportedly, the petitioner informed the high court that he has already moved two representations with the Competent Authority in the Union Home Ministry seeking cancellation of Rahul Gandhi's Indian citizenship. Following this the high court directed the ASG to take instructions on the representation from the home ministry.
The petitioner claims that he has done detailed enquiries into the issue and has got several new inputs. He claims to have accessed confidential emails from the UK Government, which have indicated the UK government having records of Gandhi's citizenship.
The PIL further alleges that in the mail, the UK Government has indicated that it has records of Rahul Gandhi's British Nationality, but refused to disclose details as such 'personal data' is governed by the General Data Protection Regulations as per the UK's Data Protection Act, 2018.
However, the plea states that the British Government can't provide information unless it gets a signed letter of authority from Rahul Gandhi.