The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Election Commission to not difficulty notification for the Rampur Sadar meeting by-election in Uttar Pradesh until November 10.
A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud directed a particular classes court docket to listen to and resolve Khan’s attraction on Thursday itself, looking for a keep on his conviction in order that he can proceed as an MLA. to keep away from disqualification.
The Supreme Court mentioned that the Election Commission might difficulty a notification for the bypolls on or after November 11, after the classes court docket’s determination on Khan’s plea.
On 27 October, Khan was convicted in a hate speech case and sentenced to 3 years in jail by a Rampur court docket.
The MP-MLA court docket in Rampur had additionally granted bail to the MLA within the 2019 case.
On 28 October, the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Secretariat introduced the disqualification of Khan from the House.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
