New Delhi: Delhi HC asked jailed J&K Lok Sabha member Abdul Rashid Sheikh, alias Engineer Rashid, on Friday to deposit approximately Rs 4 lakh with prison authorities as travel expenses for attending Parliament. Rashid is currently in Delhi’s Tihar jail.A bench of Justices Chandra Dhari Singh and Anup Jairam Bhambhani had on March 25 allowed…
NEW DELHI: Jailed Independent MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh from J&K has approached Delhi high court seeking relief from the requirement to pay Rs 1.45 lakh a day for transportation and security arrangements while attending the ongoing Parliament session in custody.Also known as Engineer Rashid, he has been imprisoned in Delhi’s Tihar Jail after NIA arrested…
LONDON: The Indian govt has applied to the London high court for a point of law of general public importance to be certified to allow India to appeal the Sanjay Bhandari extradition judgment in Britain’s Supreme Court.The Indian authorities are seeking to extradite Bhandari (62), a defence middleman residing in London, to face criminal charges…
Engineer Rashid (File photo) NEW DELHI: A Delhi court rejected Monday J&K MP Engineer Rashid’s plea for custody parole to attend Parliament’s ongoing budget session. Judge Chander Jit Singh said the order on the Baramulla MP’s regular bail plea would be passed on March 19.Rashid has been in Delhi’s Tihar jail since 2019 after his…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha member from Baramulla, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, who is out on parole from Tihar jail to attend the budget session, on Tuesday demanded a “full investigation” into the recent death of two civilians in Jammu and Kashmir.Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, an Independent member from…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday issued notice to National Investigation Agency and has sought its stand on the bail plea of Jammu and Kashmir MP Rashid Engineer in a terror funding case.“Issue notice. Let reply/ status report be filed,” the high court said.The senior counsel representing the lawmaker contended that his bail…
TOI Correspondent from London: Defence middleman Sanjay Bhandari’s lawyers say he couldface violence and extortion in Tihar Jail if extradited to India.The 62-year-old Indian national’s appeal against extradition to India concluded at the high court on Thursday. The judgment will be handed down next year.Bhandari was appealing an order to extradite him to India for…
NEW DELHI: Observing that a fair trial was given even to 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab, Supreme Court on Thursday suggested that a makeshift courtroom could be set up in Tihar jail to physically cross-examine prosecution witnesses in the Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case, as CBI said it was not possible to make terror convict Yasin Malik…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha member Sheikh Abdul Rashid aka Engineer Rashid criticised Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah for maintaining a “double standard” stance on Pakistan and Article 370. The comments came in as Rashid, accused of terror funding, was on his way to surrender to Tihar Jail on Monday. “When he is in power, he…
NEW DELHI: AAP leader and Delhi’s former minister Satyendra Jain walked out of Tihar Jail on Friday evening after he was granted bail in the money laundering case. Upon his exit from the jail, Jain was greeted by Delhi chief minister Atishi and other senior AAP leaders, including Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh. Sisodia embraced…
