The Supreme Court on Monday witnessed an inter-state battle over dreaded gangster-turned-legislator Mukhtar Ansari with the Uttar Pradesh government accusing Punjab of being in nexus with the criminal and sheltering him from facing trial in over a dozen cases of heinous crimes in UP. Ansari said he would be better off facing trial through video conferencing while lodged in a Punjab jail.

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