{"id":40035,"date":"2015-11-23T19:18:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T13:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40035"},"modified":"2015-11-24T03:22:34","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T21:52:34","slug":"plea-in-sc-on-rahul-gandhis-citizenship-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/plea-in-sc-on-rahul-gandhis-citizenship-row","title":{"rendered":"Plea in SC on Rahul Gandhi&#8221;s citizenship row"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37715\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/rahul-gandhi.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37715\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-stays-defamation-proceedings-against-rahul-gandhi\/rahul-gandhi-5\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/rahul-gandhi.jpg?fit=262%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"262,192\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rahul gandhi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/rahul-gandhi.jpg?fit=262%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/rahul-gandhi.jpg?fit=262%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37715 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/rahul-gandhi.jpg?resize=262%2C192&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Plea in SC on Rahul Gandhi''s citizenship row\" width=\"262\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plea in SC on Rahul Gandhi&#8221;s citizenship row<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A plea was today filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to CBI to register a case against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for allegedly declaring himself as a British national before company law authorities there.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has alleged that the Congress vice-president has claimed himself to be a British national before the authorities in connection with incorporation of a firm.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A plea was today filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to CBI to register a case against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for allegedly declaring himself as a British national before company law authorities there. 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