Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asked the Allahabad High Court to challenge an order by a special MP-MLA court in Varanasi that directed a subordinate court to hear a case seeking the registration of an FIR against him for a statement he made about Sikhs during a 2024 US visit, PTI reported.

The case has been scheduled for hearing on Monday, September 1, before a single bench led by Justice Sameer Jain.

On November 28, 2024, the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM MP-MLA), Varanasi, rejected Nageshwar Mishra's application for the registration of an FIR against Gandhi, stating that because the speech was given in the United States, the subject falls outside of its jurisdiction.