Delhi HC issues notice on Rashid Engineer’s plea for bail decision in terror case

A bench of justice Vikas Mahajan scheduled the next hearing for January 30.

“Issue notice. Mr Akshai Malik (special public prosecutor) for NIA accepts notice. Let reply be filed in the form of a status report. List on January 30,” the court said in its order.

Engineer, an independent member of parliament (MP) from Baramulla, approached the high court after additional sessions judge (ASJ) Chander Jit Singh, the special judge designated for hearing NIA cases, refused to pass an order on his bail application on December 23.

The sessions judge said that the court only had the jurisdiction to hear miscellaneous applications and not bail applications.