Abdullah Azam Khan. File | Photograph Credit score: The Hindu
The Supreme Court docket on Thursday (November 6, 2025) declined to intervene in a plea by former Uttar Pradesh MLA Mohammed Abdullah Azam Khan, son of Samajwadi Celebration chief Azam Khan, to quash prices of procuring a passport utilizing cast paperwork.
“We’re not inclined to intrude,” Justice MM Sundresh, who was heading the Bench, addressed senior advocate Kapil Sibal, showing for Mr. Khan.
The Allahabad Excessive Court docket had earlier refused to quash the felony case, prompting the previous MLA to strategy the Supreme Court docket.
“The trial courtroom is at liberty to resolve all the problems with out being influenced by the order of the Excessive Court docket,” the Supreme Court docket Bench noticed.
BJP MLA Akash Saxena had filed a case towards Mr. Khan in Rampur on July 30, 2019, alleging fraud and violation of the Passport Act for allegedly acquiring the journey doc utilizing an incorrect date of start.
Based on the criticism, Mr. Khan was issued a passport on January 10, 2018. Whereas the passport listed his date of start as September 30, 1990, his instructional certificates confirmed January 1, 1993.
The case was registered in Rampur district. Mr. Khan is going through trial earlier than the Particular MP/MLA Choose, Rampur. Prices within the case have been framed on September 9, 2021.
Printed – November 06, 2025 02:05 pm IST