Prayagraj, Sept. 4 -- The Allahabad high court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's petition challenging the decision of the Varanasi MP-MLA court that had directed the court of the additional chief judicial magistrate to hear afresh an application seeking the registration of an FIR against the leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha for his alleged statement on Sikhs made during a visit to the United States in 2024.

The high court directed "till the delivery of judgment, learned magistrate shall not proceed any further with the matter pursuant to the impugned order dated 21.07.2025."

This order was passed by Justice Sameer Jain after hearing counsel for the parties concerned.

Senior advocate GS Chaturvedi, as...