LUCKNOW: Perturbed with ugly state of affairs brought about in Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s twin citizenship case, Justice Subhash Vidyarthi of Lucknow bench of Allahabad prime court docket on Monday recused himself from listening to of the case and asked the manager justice to represent every other bench. On Monday, Justice Vidyarthi was once specifically peeved by way of the social media posts of petitioner S Shishir Vignesh after his earlier order.Justice Vidyarthi , alternatively, admitted that he must have issued understand to Rahul Gandhi within the case earlier than dictating submitting of an FIR on April 17, 2026 in an open court docket . He additionally chastised the legal professionals of the entire events for no longer hanging earlier than him the right kind criminal place as as to whether the proposed accused was once required to be heard.Listening to a plea from of a Karnataka BJP employee, Justice Vidyarthi on April 17, 2026 had dictated an order in open court docket , directing Uttar Pradesh police to sign in an FIR in opposition to Rahul in case of alleged double citizenship controversy.Then again, when the order got here to be uploaded on prime court docket’s web page on April on April 18, 2026 , it mentioned that earlier than the order was once typed and signed , the pass judgement on got here to understand that during a number one verdict of the Allahabad prime court docket, it was once necessary to factor understand to the proposed accused , on this case Gandhi, earlier than supply any judgment at the factor.The pass judgement on had, thereafter, as a substitute of signing the order, posted the topic for additional listening to on April 20 on query of issuance of understand to Gandhi. In its order handed on Monday, the pass judgement on clarified that it was once necessary to factor understand to Gandhi previous to passing any order within the case.The pass judgement on was once specifically peeved by way of the social media posts made by way of the petitioner, S Shishir Vignesh. “The messages posted by way of the petitioner on social media after passing of the order on April 17 quantity to casting aspersions in this court docket and holding the ones in attention, I in finding it suitable to recuse from listening to this situation”, stated Justice Vidyarthi.Expressing annoyance that correct criminal help was once no longer given to him by way of informing that issuance of understand to proposed accused was once important, Justice Vidyarthi noticed, “ I’m pained to notice that the legal professionals showing on this case have failed to accomplish their accountability of offering help to the Court docket in an even approach.”
