New Delhi, Mar 26 || The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed J&K MP Engineer Rashid to attend the ongoing Budget Session proceedings.
The second half of the Budget Session began on March 10 and will conclude on April 4.
Engineer Rashid, who won the Lok Sabha election from Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla constituency by defeating National Conference Vice President, and now Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah by over two lakh votes while he remained lodged in Tihar Jail, is accused in a terror funding case being probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
A bench of Justices Chandra Dhari Singh and Anup Jairam Bhambhani on Tuesday reserved its decision after hearing the oral arguments advanced by the counsel representing the anti-terror agency and Engineer Rashid’s lawyer.
Engineer Rashid has petitioned the Delhi High Court against the March 10 order passed by the special NIA court denying him custody parole. In his petition, the Lok Sabha member called the city court’s order “erroneous”.
Issuing notice on the plea, the Delhi HC had sought NIA’s response on his release on custody parole and told the federal anti-terror agency to file objections, if any, before March 17.
Earlier, a single-judge Bench of Justice Vikas Mahajan had granted custody parole to Engineer Rashid for February 11 and 13 to attend Parliament while imposing a slew of conditions.