Samajwadi Party leader Mohd Azam Khan has approached the Supreme Court challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) immediately after he was released from jail in another case. The matter was mentioned on Monday, November 2, before Chief Justice of India Surya Kant by advocate Nizam Pasha, and the Chief Justice agreed to hear the case this week.
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Khan has also sought quashing of the November 1 order of the special PMLA court remanding him to judicial custody, and has prayed for interim release from custody, according to Live Law's breaking-news alerts from the Supreme Court on November 2.
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Khan and his son Abdullah Azam were granted bail by the Allahabad High Court in the dual PAN card case on October 29. The High Court suspended Khan's 10-year sentence in that case but refused to stay his conviction.
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The father and son were released from Rampur jail on October 31, but Khan was detained by an ED team waiting outside the jail. The ED action relates to a separate money-laundering case involving alleged financial irregularities concerning Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur.
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A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Ghaziabad remanded Khan to 14 days' judicial custody on Sunday, November 1.
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The ED case concerns allegations that agricultural land belonging to farmers was forcibly occupied for Mohammad Ali Jauhar University. The agency initiated money-laundering proceedings against Khan and others on the basis of around 26 first information reports registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police in 2019. These are allegations under investigation; Khan's plea challenging the arrest is now before the Supreme Court, which is expected to take it up this week.
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