{"id":40152,"date":"2015-11-30T08:09:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T02:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40152"},"modified":"2015-11-30T08:09:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T02:39:12","slug":"sc-dismisses-pil-on-rahul-gandhis-citizenship-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-dismisses-pil-on-rahul-gandhis-citizenship-row","title":{"rendered":"SC dismisses PIL on Rahul Gandhi&#8217;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-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=\"SC dismisses PIL on Rahul Gandhi's citizenship row\" width=\"262\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC dismisses PIL on Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s citizenship row<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the citizenship row of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.<\/p>\n<p>The PIL had demanded that CBI register a case against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly declaring himself as a British national before company law authorities there.<\/p>\n<p>A bench comprising chief justice H L Dattu and justice Amitava Roy questioned the \u201cauthenticity of the document\u201d attached with the PIL and the manner in which the papers were procured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan we start making roving inquiries,\u201d the bench asked while turning the petition as \u201cfrivolous\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier the apex court had refused urgent hearing on a plea filed by lawyer M L Sharma.<\/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>The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the citizenship row of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. 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