The Supreme Court junked a plea filed by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan challenging an order of the Allahabad High Court refusing to quash the chargesheet in the fake birth certificate case of his MLA son, saying it does not find any reason to interfere with the HC order. The petition was rejected by a division bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath.

"However, any observation and discussion passed by the high court will not prejudice the trial which the appellant is required to face," the bench said. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Khan, submitted that the high court wrongly relied on the findings of the Election commission while refusing to quash the charge sheet. The apex court said it was for the trial court to examine the evidence in the case. Azam Khan, his wife Tazeen Fatima and son Abdullah Azam Khan had been in jail in a criminal case registered against them over two allegedly fake birth certificates issued to Abdullah, the sitting MLA from Suar in Uttar Pradesh, through fraudulent means from two different places.