While Uttar Pradesh alleged in the apex court that there is #39;collusion #39; between Ansari and Punjab Police, the Amarinder Singh government refuted these claims
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Yogi government cannot invoke Article 32 to seek custody of Mukhtar Ansari: Punjab to SC
By PTI
NEW DELHI: Only a ‘citizen’ can move Supreme Court under Article 32 to claim fundamental rights and a state cannot invoke this provision, the Punjab government has told the Supreme Court while seeking dismissal of plea filed by Uttar Pradesh government seeking custody of gangster Mukhtar Ansari.Article 32 deals with the ‘Right to Constitutional Remedies’, and gives the right to move the top court for the enforcement of the rights conferred in the Constitution.
Amarinder Singh government told the apex court that sole object of Article 32 is enforcement of fundamental rights guaranteed under part III of Constitution and no question other than that related to fundamental rights can even be determined under this provision.
“But most of all, only a ‘citizen’ has been conferred a right to move Supreme Court under Article 32 against any action of the state executive or legislative. State by itself has not been given any right to move the SC under Article 32 under any circumstances.”
“The state of Uttar Pradesh is not competent to file the petition as it is neither a citizen to whom the right is conferred and neither it has any fundamental rights which are violated and therefore can be enforced by this court. The very basis of the writ petition filed by Uttar Pradesh is faulty and fallacious and deserves to be dismissed,” Punjab government told the top court.
The submission was made in response to a plea filed by Uttar Pradesh seeking a direction to Punjab government and Rupnagar jail authority to immediately hand over the custody of Ansari to district jail Banda.
It has also sought a direction to transfer the criminal proceedings and trial in the extortion case in Punjab to the special court in Allahabad.
Ansari is lodged in district jail Rupnagar in Punjab since January 2019.
In its affidavit filed in the apex court, Punjab had referred to the medical condition of Ansari and said that he had been undergoing treatment at jail hospital as well as other hospitals from time to time since January 2019.
While referring to the medical condition and advice of doctors, it has said that custody of Ansari “could not be handed over to the state of Uttar Pradesh due to the specific advice of the medical officers/medical board/specialists” from time to time.
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BJP MLA writes to Priyanka, accuses Punjab, Rajasthan govts of shielding Mukhtar Ansari
By PTI
LUCKNOW: BJP’s Mohammadabad MLA Alka Rai has written to Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, accusing her party’s governments in Punjab and Rajasthan of shielding gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and his son Abbas Ansari.Alka Rai is the wife of the slain MLA Krishnanand Rai, who was shot dead in 2005.
Mukhtar Ansari was accused of killing her husband but was later acquitted in the case.
Currently, Mukhtar Ansari, a BSP MLA from Mau, is lodged in a Punjab jail in an extortion case and have several criminal cases registred against him.
“I have to tell you with grief that your governments in Punjab and Rajasthan have given guest status to my husband’s killer Mukhtar Ansari and his son Abbas Ansari, who carry reward for their arrest, Rai alleged in the letter to Priyanka Gandhi on January 30.
The letter was shared with the media on Tuesday.
Pointing at some photos said to be published in newspapers, the Mohammadabad (Ghazipur) MLA alleged that the Abbas’s marriage took place under the Rajasthan government’s patronage.
“After seeing these pictures, my family and I felt pain, she said, claiming that earlier the Uttar Pradesh government had sent vehicles 32 times to bring Mukhtar Ansari back to the state but the Punjab government shielded him.
“Being a woman, I thought you will feel my pain. You talk against crime and criminals regularly but you neither replied me nor took any initiative to ensure justice to me. It is clear that you and your governments are standing with Muktar and his crime. I will wait for your reply,” Rai said in the letter.