Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Allahabad High Court order allowing acquisition of land allotted to the Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, run by the Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar Trust, headed by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan.
A bench of Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice CT Ravikumar also issued notice on the petition of Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar Trust challenging the Allahabad High Court order. The top court will hear the matter again in August.
The Allahabad High Court, in September last year, had dismissed a petition by the Uttar Pradesh government against the proceedings of the possession of the Mohammad Ali Jauhar University land in Rampur, which granted the land for the institute to a trust, subject to certain conditions. Went. 2005.
The petition was filed by the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust seeking quashing of a report submitted by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in March 2020 on the construction on the land as well as a report dated January 16, 2021 by the Additional District Magistrate Went. Administration) for the right of land to Rampur in the state.
Azam Khan, who is considered to be the Muslim face of the Samajwadi Party, is currently lodged in Sitapur District Jail.
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