PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 1 -- Congress MP and leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has approached the Allahabad high court against the decision of a Varanasi court, which remanded a case back to the additional chief judicial Magistrate (ACJM) in connection with a matter seeking registration of an FIR against Rahul over his 2024 remarks about Sikhs made during an event in the United States.

The matter is listed before a single bench of justice Sameer Jain, who will hear his criminal revision petition on September 1.

The original application was filed by Nageshwar Mishra of Varanasi before the court of the additional chief judicial magistrate, Varanasi.

After hearing the matter on November 28, 2024, the ACJM court rejected the plea...