Delhi Court Seeks Police Status Report on Plea for FIR Against CM Rekha Gupta Over Remarks on Officials

The Rouse Avenue court called for a police status report and listed the complaint for consideration on 15 October 2026.

What Happened

A Delhi court has sought a police status report on a plea seeking registration of a first information report (FIR) against Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta over remarks she allegedly made comparing government officials to Hanuman.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwani Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Courts passed the order on 3 October 2026 while considering a complaint filed by Ram Niwas Sharma. The police have been directed to submit their report by 15 October, when the matter is listed next.

According to ANI, the direction is addressed to the Station House Officer of Kashmere Gate police station. The court has sought a report at this preliminary stage and has recorded no finding on the allegations.

Background & Context

According to reports of the complaint, the remarks were made on 23 September 2025 at Kashmere Gate ISBT during an official programme launching Delhi Transport Corporation bus services between Delhi and Baraut in Uttar Pradesh.

The complainant alleges that Gupta compared officials to Hanuman and said, in substance, that they remembered their powers only when their tails were set on fire, having forgotten them beforehand. According to the complaint, she also connected the reference to the gathering being at the doorstep of the shrine identified as Marghat Wale Baba.

Sharma contends that the remarks were made at a public government programme and heard by officials, attendees and members of the public. On that basis, he seeks registration of an FIR. These are the complainant’s assertions.

A PTI report published on the day of the event presented a different emphasis. It described Gupta thanking senior Delhi government and DTC officials and referring to them as the Hanuman of Delhi’s development. That account provides contemporaneous context; the present order does not resolve the meaning or character of the remarks.

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Key Details

• The matter is before ACJM Ashwani Panwar at the Rouse Avenue Courts, New Delhi.
• ANI identifies the case as Ram Niwas Sharma v. Smt. Rekha Gupta; a case number has not been reported.
• Reports describe a complaint under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, accompanied by an application under Section 175(3). They do not identify the substantive offence provision for which an FIR is sought.
• ANI reports that the next listing is on 15 October 2026 at 11:30 am for filing and consideration of the police report.

Why It Matters

The procedural distinction is central to this development. Seeking a police status report allows the court to obtain information before considering the request for further action. It does not itself direct registration of an FIR or establish that the complaint has merit.

As general statutory background, Section 223 BNSS addresses examination of a complainant and witnesses in complaint proceedings, subject to its conditions and exceptions. Section 175(3) empowers an authorised Magistrate to order investigation after considering the prescribed application, any necessary inquiry and police submissions. These provisions explain the procedural framework; they are not findings made by this court about Gupta’s remarks.

For readers following the case, the immediate development is therefore the request for information. The complaint’s account and the earlier PTI report remain distinct accounts whose context and significance have not been judicially determined.

Closing

As of the reports published on 3 October 2026, no FIR registration, taking of cognizance, notice or summons was reported. No response to the complaint from Gupta, the Delhi government or the police was confirmed in the sources reviewed.

The matter is listed for consideration of the police status report on 15 October.