# Supreme Court halts Allahabad HC proceedings in Rahul Gandhi assets case 2026-08-17T08:23:23+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 4 independent outlets The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Allahabad High Court not to proceed with a disproportionate assets case against Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi. The top court also restrained the CBI and Enforcement Directorate from filing any report related to the matter until further orders. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana issued notices to the complainant, S Vignesh Shishir, and the probe agencies. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Gandhi, called the proceedings a "witch-hunt process" and questioned Shishir's locus to approach the high court, India Today reported. Additional Solicitor General S V Raju said the CBI and ED had no role so far, according to the New Indian Express. Justice Bagchi asked why the agencies had not acted on their own if the allegations were serious. The high court had fixed August 20 for the next hearing, which the Supreme Court has now deferred. The case is at a pre-FIR stage, Shishir argued. ## Coverage - news.abplive.com - indiatvnews.com - newindianexpress.com - indiatoday.in This story was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 4 sources. Last updated 2026-08-17T08:32:03+00:00. Tags: Allahabad High Court, CBI, Enforcement Directorate, Rahul Gandhi, Supreme Court of India Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-halts-assets-case-proceedings-against-rahul-gandhi/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-halts-assets-case-proceedings-against-rahul-gandhi/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/