PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 831 of 2024 at Lucknow

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:25908-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 831 of 2024 Petitioner :- S. Vignesh Shishir Respondent :- Sri Rahul Gandhi And 13 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- In Person Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Anurag Kumar Singh,Kuldeep Srivastava,Kushagra Dikshit,Vijay Vikram Singh Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Rajeev Singh,J. (1) Heard the petitioner, who appeared in person and Sri S. B. Pandey, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India/Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Anand Dwivedi, learned counsel for Union of India, i.e., opposite party Nos. 3 to 6. (2) The main prayer made in the writ petition is for issuance of a writ of quo warranto against the respondent No.1 questioning his authority of holding the Office of Member of Parliament from Rae Bareli Constituency. This relief is based on the conviction of respondent No.1 in a criminal case by a competent court of criminal jurisdiction at Surat, Gujarat. (3) The petitioner himself has conceded that the matter regarding conviction and sentence of respondent No.1 is already sub judice before the Apex Court where the same has been stayed. (4) Once the conviction and