New Delhi, April 18 -- The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Saturday put on hold its order issued a day earlier, which had directed the filing of a First Information Report (FIR) against Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi.

The court noted that a final ruling on the petition, alleging that Gandhi holds British citizenship, cannot be made without first giving the Leader of the Opposition a chance to present his side. With this stay, the implementation of Friday's open-court order has been paused, ensuring that the FIR will not be registered while the matter remains under judicial consideration.

The case revolves around a petition filed by Vignesh Shishir, who approached the Lucknow Bench of t...