The Supreme Court on Wednesday put an interim stay on trial court order directing Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan to give his voice sample in a hate speech case.
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
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan made a controversial statement saying "the revenge of God is very brutal as one can see how not a single piece of Rajiv Gandhi who once had most MPs, was not found".
The Allahabad High court on Friday dismissed the petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh Government seeking bail cancellation of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan. Supreme Court advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha represented Azam Khan in this case.
The Allahabad High Court, while hearing the transfer application filed by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Tuesday, issued a notice to the complainant and sought his reply.
The Supreme Court has rejected Abdullah Azam Khan's review petition challenging its order upholding Allahabad High Court's verdict disqualifying the former legislator for not having attained the minimum qualifying age on the date of the election.
Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to entertain Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's plea seeking to transfer certain cases against him from Uttar Pradesh to another state.
For the first time, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday won the Rampur Sadar assembly seat, considered a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan when its candidate Akash Saxena defeated his nearest rival, Asim Raja.
The Samajwadi Party did not field Azam Khan's wife Tanzeen Fatima or his daughter-in-law and gave ticket to his loyalist Asim Raza. Azam Khan or a member of his family have fought from the seat continuously since 1977.
A bench of justices Ajay Rastogi and BV Nagarathna rejected the appeal filed by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's son Abdullah Azam Khan challenging the Allahabad High Court order which annulled his election as Uttar Pradesh legislator on grounds that he was underage and not qualified to co