Supreme Court Directs Status Quo On Property Claimed By UP MLA Abbas Ansari But Declared 'Evacuee Property'

In a relief to Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari, the Supreme Court today passed a status quo order in respect of a property he claims ownership of but was dispossessed from in 2023 upon the same being declared "evacuee property".A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order, stating,"The instant application has been moved inter-alia alleging that after the order passed. In a relief to Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari, the Supreme Court today passed a status quo order in respect of a property he claims ownership of but was dispossessed from in 2023 upon the same being declared "evacuee property". Today, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Abbas Ansari, submitted that the Supreme Court passed a peremptory order asking the High Court to hear Ansari's plea out of turn. Some other co-owners of the plot, who were also affected by the SDM's order, approached the High Court through a separate writ petition in 2021, which was listed before a Division Bench.