Decision to be taken after studying HC stay order: Akhilesh Yadav

LUCKNOW: Reacting to the decision by Allahabad High Court to stay UP government's order to withdraw cases against alleged terror accused, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said a decision will be taken after studying the order.


"Whatever the HC decides will be honoured," he told reporters on the sidelines of a regional workshop on National Health Insurance Scheme here.

"Whatever had been the responsibility of the government and what the party had said in its manifesto that bit has been done," he added.

Saying that the party in its manifesto had said that cases should be withdrawn against those who were innocent, Yadav said, "SP is of the opinion that those, who are innocent, should be released."

"I have not seen the order. The government would decide after taking full information and studying the order," he said.

The Allahabad High Court today stayed the Uttar Pradesh government's order to withdraw cases against persons accused of indulging in terror activities.

The order was passed by justices Rajeev Sharma and Mahendra Dayal of the Lucknow bench on a PIL filed by local lawyer Ranjana Agnihotri and five others.

While referring the matter to a larger bench, the court gave six weeks time to the respondents, including the central and the state governments, for filing their reply and four weeks for rejoinder thereafter.

The petitioners had sought direction for quashing the order issued by the state for withdrawing cases against persons accused of indulging in terror activities and serial blasts.