The Supreme Court of India has rejected to listen to a plea by Samajwadi Party chief Azam Khan by which he had requested to switch the circumstances towards him out of Uttar Pradesh. The apex courtroom dominated this on 4th January 2022. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice P S Narasimha, and Justice SA Nazeer additionally instructed him to go to the Allahabad High Court located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
Samajwadi Party chief Azam Khan had filed a petition and appealed to the Supreme Court that some circumstances registered towards him in UP ought to be transferred to different states. The courtroom rejected his demand and requested him to go to the High Court with the plea, and directed that his petition will be heard quickly by the excessive courtroom.
Advocate Kapil Sibbal appeared within the Supreme Court on behalf of the SP chief. In his petition, Azam Khan stated, “I will not get justice in the state. I am being forcibly persecuted. It is not a judge, but the state who is persecuting me. The situation will remain the same everywhere within a state.”
As an instance of the alleged bias of the state govt towards Khan, Sibal stated that he was convicted in a case when his Section 482 petition looking for manufacturing of extra proof was pending within the High Court. Due to this conviction, his membership within the meeting has been cancelled.
Kapil Sibal additionally alleged that Azam Khan is being ‘harassed’ by the BJP authorities with lots of of FIRs registered towards him in Uttar Pradesh. He claimed that police have been utilizing cast paperwork towards him and the trial courtroom isn’t listening to to his objections.
However, the Supreme Court bench was not satisfied to take up the petition for transferring the circumstances out of Uttar Pradesh. The bench stated that if Azam Khan has any grievances towards the trial courtroom, he can transfer subsequent superior courtroom. The courtroom additionally stated that even when the courtroom order is unsuitable, it could’t be the idea for alleging bias and transferring the case to a unique state.
The bench led by the CJI stated, “More concrete reasons will be needed to transfer criminal cases against Azam Khan.”
CJI Chandrachud added, “you can approach the Allahabad High Court under Section 482 of the CrPC. Today trial is being conducted and witness statements are being recorded. This is not a ground for transfer. Can you not challenge this order before the High Court? You can always ask for a transfer before any other district of the State of UP. But you’re saying that they won’t hear your plea anywhere in the State! Sorry we can’t transfer.”
However, Kapil Sibal stated that transferring the case to a unique district within the state won’t be useful for Azam Khan, and urged the courtroom to listen to the matter. But the apex courtroom didn’t relent, saying, “When we transfer, we need a far more cogent reasons for transfer. We are giving you liberty to approach the High Court but we can’t transfer.”
It is notable that Azam Khan has a number of felony circumstances registered towards him in Uttar Pradesh and not too long ago his meeting membership was additionally cancelled after being discovered responsible in a single case. The Rampur constituency in Uttar Pradesh has been a stronghold of Azam Khan for a few years. Akash Saxena of the Bharatiya Janata Party received the seat within the by-election held in December 2022.
