Delhi Court Issues Notice On Plea For FIR Against Sonia Gandhi For Inclusion In Voter List Prior To Acquiring Indian Citizenship

A Delhi Court on Tuesday (December 9) issued notice on a plea challenging a magisterial court order refusing to order FIR against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for getting her name added in the electoral rolls of 1980, three years before getting Indian citizenship, allegedly by using forged documents.

Special Judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Courts sought response of Sonia Gandhi and Delhi Police.

The criminal revision petition has been filed by Vikas Tripathi seeking criminal action against Gandhi. He challenged the ACMM order passed on September 11.

Senior Advocate Pavan Narang appeared for Tripathi. The matter will be heard on January 06, 2026.

It is Tripathi's case that Gandhi's name was included in the electoral rolls of the New Delhi constituency in 1980, whereas she got Indian citizenship in 1983.

It is his case that Gandhi's name was deleted from the electoral rolls in 1982 and re-entered in 1983. He alleged that the Congress leader used forged documents to get her name included in the electoral rolls, counsel demanded an FIR to be registered against her. 

Vide the impugned order, the lower court had said that it cannot encroach upon the jurisdiction of the Election Commission of India by entertaining plea seeking FIR against Gandhi.

It had said that mere bald assertions, unaccompanied by the essential particulars required to attract the statutory elements of cheating or forgery, cannot substitute a legally sustainable accusation as Tripathi was merely relying only upon extract of electoral roll which was a photocopy of the alleged extract of uncertified electoral roll of 1980.