The Rajasthan High Court on September 23, 2025, dismissed a criminal miscellaneous petition seeking directions to register an FIR against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the then Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, and others in connection with the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019. Justice Sudesh Bansal held the petition to be “absurd, frivolous and vexatious” and a “sheer misuse of process of law,” imposing a cost of ₹50,000 on the petitioner, an advocate named Puran Chander Sen.

Background of the Case

The matter originated from a written application filed by Puran Chander Sen on October 12, 2020, before the Station House Officer (SHO) of Police Station, Govindgarh, District Alwar. In his application, Sen sought the registration of an F

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