Plea seeking death for Yasin Malik not pressing: Delhi HC

The rejoinder is a document which is filed by a petitioner in response to the reply filed by the respondent in a petition.

A bench of justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja granted additional time after NIA’s counsel, Akshai Malik and Khawar Saleem, requested the court for the same. Malik submitted that Yasin filed a 70-page reply in September to the agency’s 2023 petition covering various aspects, and the agency required more time to respond.

However, Yasin, appearing virtually, opposed the request, asserting that the agency had sought additional time even at the last hearing on November 10 to file its reply. He added that he has been in limbo over the death penalty for the past three years, which he said amounted to trauma.