HC gives split verdict on MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh’s plea on travel expenses

The Delhi High Court on Friday (November 7, 2025) delivered a split verdict on a plea filed by jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh seeking modification of an order directing him to deposit approximately ₹4 lakh with jail authorities to attend Parliament while in custody.

While Justice Vivek Chaudhary rejected Mr. Rashid’s plea, Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani allowed it. “We have not been able to concur with each other. We have given two separate judgments. It will have to be placed before the Chief Justice for appropriate orders,” the judges said while pronouncing the verdict.

The court was hearing Mr. Rashid’s plea to modify the March 25 order passed by a coordinate bench, which had directed him to deposit around ₹4 lakh with the jail authorities to facilitate his attendance in Parliament sessions.

The Baramulla MP, who defeated Omar Abdullah in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, is facing trial in a terror funding case with allegations that he funded separatists and terror groups in J&K.

He has been lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail since 2019 after the NIA arrested him.