Lucknow, April 19 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has deferred its order, which was given in an open court on Friday, for lodging an FIR against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on a BJP worker's petition alleging that he is a British national.

In the order, which was uploaded on the high court's website on Saturday evening, the court said it appears that the matter should not be decided without issuing a notice to the opposite party (Rahul Gandhi). The court will take up this issue at the next hearing on April 20.

"It appears that the application under Section 528 BNSS (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita) should not be decided without issuing notice to the opposite party no.1. (Rahul Gandhi). The part...