Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam were sentenced to seven years of imprisonment by an MP/MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur in a dual PAN Card case on Monday.
The Supreme Court has asked the sessions court to adjudicate Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan's appeal against his conviction within six months. The court also treated him as a juvenile in the case.
A movable property of worth around Rs 20 lakh belonging to aide of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's son has been attached under the provisions of Gangster Act, police said on Sunday.
On his way to meet jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, Congress leader Ajay Rai said that it is basic humanity that we meet them and it's not right to see this from a political perspective.
A court in Uttar Pradesh's Raipur on Wednesday convicted Samajwadi Party leader Mohammed Abdullah Azam Khan, his wife Tanzeem Fatima and son Abdullah Azam Khan in a fake birth certificate case.
The court had noted that the correct date of birth relating to the petitioner is relevant for ultimate consideration of the issues raised and to decide the juvenility.
The ruling coalition partner Apna Dal (Sonelal) is contesting in both seats. Suar assembly seat in Rampur district was declared vacant on February 13 after a Moradabad court sentenced Abdullah Azam Khan, the son of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, to two years in jail in a 15-year
The Supreme Court on Monday asked Uttar Pradesh Government to file a counter affidavit on Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan's plea challenging the Allahabad High Court order which rejected his plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a matter related to a protest case.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday requested the Allahabad High Court to decide at the earliest the plea of disqualified Samajwadi Party MLA Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan seeking a stay of his conviction in a matter related to a protest in 2008.