Supreme Court asks Allahabad HC to give Azam Khan priority hearing

NEW DELHI The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 5, 2026) advised senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan to approach the Allahabad High Court against his arrest by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) outside Rampur Jail on October 31 and his subsequent remand to judicial custody by a CBI judge on November 1.

Azam Khan moves Supreme Court against ED detention outside Rampur Jail storyline 1 A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant requested the High Court to take up the case on a priority basis on November 16.

Samajwadi Party’s Azam Khan sent to 14-day judicial custody Samajwadi Party’s Azam Khan sent to 14-day judicial custody The ED’s probe is based on 26 FIRs alleging agricultural land belonging to farmers in Singankhera village, Rampur had been forcibly occupied for the Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, of which the SP leader is chancellor Samajwadi Party’s Azam Khan sent to 14-day judicial custody storyline 1 The Bench allowed Mr.