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Azam Khan eyesore for BJP; govt harassing him with false case: Akhilesh

Azam Khan had become an eyesore for the BJP government which was harassing him with false cases, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday over the veteran leader's disqualification from the Uttar Pradesh assembly. The decision to disqualify Khan from the Legislative Assembly was announced on Friday a day after the Rampur MP-MLA court convicted him in a 2019 hate speech case and sentenced him to three years of imprisonment. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, in a tweet on Friday, welcomed Speaker Satish Mahana's decision to annul Azama Khan's membership to the Legislative Assembly. "Whenever bye-elections are held on the vacant seats, the BJP's lotus will bloom," he said. Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Akhilesh Yadav threw weight behind the senior party leader and claimed, "Azam Khan is on the target of the BJP government. Every day false cases are being registered against him and he is being harassed. Khan seems to be an eyesore for the BJP a

SP's Azam Khan disqualified as member of UP Assembly after hate speech case

The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly secretariat on Friday announced the disqualification of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan from the House, a day after a court sentenced him to three years in jail in a hate speech case. Principal Secretary of the UP Legislative Assembly Pradeep Dubey told PTI that the Assembly Secretariat declared the Rampur Sadar Assembly seat as vacant. "A vacancy has been declared by the UP Vidhan Sabha Secretariat consequent upon the disqualification due to the judgment passed by the court," he said. The Rampur MP-MLA court had on Thursday convicted Khan in a 2019 hate speech case and had sentenced him to three years of imprisonment. The Representation of the People Act says that anyone sentenced to imprisonment of two years or more shall be disqualified "from the date of such conviction" and remain disqualified for another six years after serving time in jail.

SP's Azam Khan might lose MLA seat after getting three-year sentence

SP leader Azam Khan, who has been sentenced to three years in prison in a 2019 hate speech case, might lose his MLA seat if his eventual imprisonment term is longer than two years

SP MLA Azam Khan gets 3-yr jail term in hate speech case, granted bail

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 6,000 on the Rampur MLA

High Court dismisses pleas to quash criminal proceedings against Azam Khan

The Allahabad High Court on Friday dismissed a bunch of pleas seeking quashing of criminal proceedings against Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in cases of alleged forcible possession of land for Rampur's Jauhar University. An FIR in this regard was lodged on September 12, 2019 by a revenue officer. After the registration of the case, several other complaints were filed, with the complainants alleging that their land was taken away forcibly by abducting and physically assaulting them. After going through records and submissions, Justice Samit Gopal observed," The allegations in the FIRs reveal as to how the respective first informants were abducted, assaulted, threatened and their land was forcibly taken from them by coercion and not following the due process of law." "Looking at the facts of the case, the prima facie allegation against the applicants and the law well settled as stated above, no case for interference is made out," the court said while dismissing the petitions.

Fake birth certificate case of son: SC dismisses plea of Azam Khan

The Supreme Court junked a plea filed by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan challenging an order of the Allahabad HC refusing to quash the charge sheet in the fake birth certificate case of his son

SP leader Azam Khan seeks 'Z' category security, cites threat to life

Senior Samajwadi Party MLA, Mohd Azam Khan has requested the Uttar Pradesh government to "reinstate his 'Z' category security", citing "threats" since he faces several cases

SC sets aside High Court order regarding bail condition on Azam Khan

The Supreme Court Friday set aside a part of the Allahabad High Court order concerning bail conditions imposed on Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan

SC to hear pleas of SP's Azam Khan, AgustaWestland chopper scam accused

A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud is scheduled to hear two bail pleas filed by Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scam case

ED summons SP leader Azam Khan's wife, son for questioning in PMLA case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned the wife and son of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan for questioning in a money laundering case being probed against him, officials said

UP bypolls: Azam Khan's bastion falls, BJP unfurls lotus in Rampur

In Rampur, BJP had fielded Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi who recently joined the party; whereas, SP candidate Asim Raja was handpicked by Azam Khan

Azam Khan holds meetings with Shivpal as rift widens with Akhilesh Yadav

The rift between SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and senior party MLA Mohd Azam Khan is now getting wider and meetings between Azam Khan and another estranged leader Shivpal are getting increasingly frequent.

Jauhar University is being demolished as bail condition: Azam Khan at SC

A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Bela M Trivedi was told that the Allahabad High Court has ordered the "demolition" of the University as a condition for interim bail

Azam Khan, Shivpal skip SP MLAs' meet ahead of UP Assembly session

Senior SP legislator Azam Khan and sulking socialist leader Shivpal Singh Yadav on Sunday skipped the party MLAs' meet ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly session. Shivpal had earlier too skipped the party MLAs' meeting amid differences with his nephew and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav. Shivpal had parted ways with Akhilesh in 2017 Assembly polls and had formed his own outfit, Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia. He, however, contested this year's Assembly polls on the Samajwadi Party symbol. Azam Khan, who was released for the Sitapur jail on Friday after the Supreme Court granted him bail in a cheating case, didn't attend the meeting due to health reasons, according to a party leader. However, Khan was seen visiting the district jail in Rampur with his son Abdullah Azam to meet his supporters lodged there in various cases. Earlier, people close to Khan had accused the party chief of ignoring him and the Muslim community, sparking speculations of a rift in the ...

SC grants Azam Khan Samajwadi Party leader interim bail in cheating case

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim bail to jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in a cheating case.

UP govt urges SC to reject Azam Khan's bail plea in land grabbing case

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday opposed the bail plea of jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, and termed him as a "land grabber" and a "habitual offender". Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, appearing for the Uttar Pradesh government, told a bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao that he has allegedly threatened the investigating officer in the land grabbing case. He is a land grabber. Private complaints have been filed against him.He is a habitual offender. Everything is forged by this person, the ASG told the bench also comprising Justices B R Gavai and A S Bopanna. The ASG said Khan is seeking interim bail which cannot be granted. There are cases against him which involve life imprisonment also. His antecedents must also be looked into as he is a habitual offender and a land grabber., he said, adding he might be a politician but he cannot get away from this. The top court told the ASG that the state government cannot grant him bail in one case and put him in ja

Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan gets interim bail in land grabbing case

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan in a case related to alleged grabbing of enemy property for his Jauhar University project.

Shivpal Yadav waits for Azam Khan's release, to form new political front

Estranged Samajwadi Party MLA and president of the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL) Shivpal Singh Yadav is set to form a new political front with another senior SP MLA Mohd Azam Khan.

Shivapal Yadav meets Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in UP jail

The meeting assumes significance since both, Azam Khan and Shivpal Yadav, are said to be upset with SP president Akhilesh Yadav

UP court issues non-bailable warrant against Azam Khan in 15-yr-old case

Khan, who is currently lodged in Sitapur Jail, has been asked to appear in court on April 30