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Delhi Court Gives Sonia Gandhi Until Feb. 7 to Respond in Voter Roll Case

The dispute centers on whether a criminal court should revisit decades-old electoral roll records tied to a pre-citizenship allegation.

Overview

  • Special Judge Vishal Gogne granted Sonia Gandhi time to file a reply and listed the matter for February 7.
  • Notices have been issued to Sonia Gandhi and the Delhi Police, and the trial court record has been summoned for review.
  • The revision petition by advocate Vikas Tripathi challenges a magistrate’s dismissal and alleges Gandhi’s name appeared on the 1980–81 rolls before she became a citizen.
  • Tripathi’s counsel claims the name was later deleted and re-entered in 1983 and says attested Election Commission copies have now been placed on record.
  • The magistrate’s September 11 order rejected the original complaint as relying on uncertified photocopies and noted citizenship and voter rolls fall under the Centre and the Election Commission.