Court Relief For India Bloc Ally Member Over Model Code Violation Case

During the hearing, Mr Chaudhary's counsel Imran Ullah contended that the applicant was accompanying Akhilesh Yadav, against whom the entire criminal proceedings have already been stayed by a coordinate bench of this court.

The Allahabad High Court on Monday stayed criminal proceedings initiated by a local court in Gautam Buddh Nagar against Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary for alleged violation of model code and COVID-19 norms during 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.

Hearing a plea by Mr Chaudhary, a Rajya Sabha MP, under Section 482 (inherent powers of high court), Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh also asked the state government's counsel to file reply within four weeks. The high court also gave two weeks' time to the applicant's counsel to file rejoinder affidavit thereafter.

The court directed to list this case for the next hearing after six weeks.