SC endorses Allahabad HC verdict annulling election of Azam Khan's son as UP MLA

SC refused to stay Allahabad HC order to declare election of SP MP Azam Khan's son as UP MLA invalid on grounds that he was underage and not qualified to fight the 2017 polls.

New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the Allahabad High Court verdict annulling the election of Samajwadi Party MP Mohammad Azam Khan's son to the UP Assembly on grounds that he was underage and not qualified to fight the 2017 polls.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde issued notice and sought response from the Election Commission and defeated BSP candidate Nawaz Ali Khan, who had challenged Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan's election from Suar Assembly constituency in Rampur.

The bench also comprising justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant said that they will hear the matter as some doubts have been created by placing documents other than school records to show that Mohammad Abdulla Azam Khan was qualified to contest the election.

"We have read the Allahabad High Court judgment, it is based on evidence," the bench said.