The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to its registrar general on the issue of the bail plea of the Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid in a terror funding case.
Justice Vikas Mahajan was hearing Rashid’s petition alleging that he had been left without any remedy after the NIA court dealing with his bail application left him in a dilemma after his election to the Lok Sabha last year on account of it not being a special MP-MLA court.
However, the NIA opposed Rashid's plea seeking interim bail to attend the ongoing parliament session. The counsel representing NIA said, “He has no such right as a parliamentarian.”
At the same time, the council said that the registrar general has applied to the Supreme Court to seek clarification on the issue of the designation of a court.
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The court was also informed that in November last year, the agency had also made a representation to the registrar general on the issue of designation of the NIA court as a court that could hear MP/MLA cases.
“It is deemed appropriate to issue notice to the registrar general of the court to ascertain the status as regards the administrative order and clarification on the issue. Issue notice,” Justice Mahajan said, and listed the matter for hearing on February 6.
Rashid has urged the high court to either direct the expeditious disposal of his pending bail plea by the NIA court or decide the matter itself.
Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh on December 24 last year, who requested the district judge to transfer the case to a court designated to try lawmakers as Rashid was an MP—dismissed his plea asking for an order on the pending bail application in the NIA case.
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