New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- In a key legal development regarding Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's voter registration in the early 1980s, the Special Court for MP/MLA cases at Rouse Avenue has set aside a Magistrate's order that had refused to direct the registration of an FIR against her.

Allowing the criminal revision petition filed by activist Vikas Tripathi, Special Judge Vishal Gogne held that the Magistrate Court's 2025 rejection order was "non-speaking" and "perverse," remanding the matter back to the lower court for fresh adjudication on September 29.

In setting aside the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate's (ACJM) previous order, Special Judge Gogne noted significant procedural and legal flaws in how the complaint was dismissed:

The...