UP Vs Punjab: SC orders transfer of gangster Mukhtar Ansari, know all about the matter

In a big victory for the Uttar Pradesh government, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed transfer of gangster-turned-MLA Mukhtar Ansari from a Punjab jail to Banda jail in UP.

A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan directed that Ansari be handed over to UP within two weeks, and then lodged in Banda jail. The top court allowed the UP government Article 32 petition seeking transfer of Ansari to a UP jail from Punjab.

The Uttar Pradesh government and the Punjab government had locked horns over whether a state government can file a petition under Article 32 to claim fundamental rights.