Lucknow, April 28 (HS): The Lucknow

bench of Justice Manish Mathur heard the petition challenging the citizenship

of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday. The court granted the petitioner

time to file documents and scheduled the next hearing for May 7.

Previously,

Justice Subhash Vidyarthi was hearing the case, but he has now recused himself

from the case. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court heard a petition

challenging the citizenship of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday. The

case was listed before Justice Manish Mathur. During the hearing, petitioner S.

Vignesh Shishir requested time to file the necessary documents. The court

accepted the petitioner's request and scheduled the next hearing for May 7.

It is noteworthy that S. Vignesh

Shishir, a BJP worker living in Karnataka, has demanded the registration of an

FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of acquiring British

citizenship in addition to Indian citizenship. His petition seeking this demand

was dismissed by the MP-MLA court in Lucknow. He appealed this order before the

Lucknow bench of the High Court. Justice Subhash Vidyarthi of the High Court

heard the case on April 17th.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi