Overview

• The petition against Gandhi was filed by Nageshwar Mishra, a former village head of Tilmapur, over comments on Sikh rights during a September 2024 U.S. speech.
• It follows an earlier dismissal of the case by an Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate in Varanasi on November 28, 2024, after which Mishra appealed to the MP-MLA court.
• Additional District and Sessions Judge Yajuvendra Vikram Singh accepted the revision plea on July 21 and will preside over the scheduled hearing.
• The petition alleges that Khalistani figure Gurpatwant Singh Pannun endorsed Gandhi’s remarks and claimed they were intended to incite civil war in India.
• This is the latest in a series of defamation and hate-speech cases against Gandhi, which also involve his comments on Savarkar, Lord Ram and army sentiment.