Allahabad HC Disqualifies Rampur MLA Md Abdullah Azam Khan From UP Assembly [Read Judgment]

In a major blow to Mohd. Azam also produced the fresh birth certificate issued to him by the Nagar Nigam, Lucknow along with the cancellation order of the old birth certificate, passed by the Nagar Palika Parishad, Rampur, to support his case. The court also noted that Azam's father was the Cabinet Minister of the Department of Urban Development and Local Bodies and both Nagar Nigam, Lucknow as well as Nagar Palika Parishad, Rampur were under his ministry when the fresh certificate was issued and the order of cancellation of old birth certificate was passed. In this view it was held that Nagar Nigam, Lucknow, did not have the jurisdiction to register Azam's birth or to issue a birth certificate to him without an order of a Sub-Divisional Magistrate. "Therefore, the aforesaid birth certificate of the respondent dated 21.01.2015 issued by the Registrar, Nagar Nigam, Lucknow, registering 30.09.1990 as birth of the respondent is null and void," the court held.