New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday delivered a split verdict on the plea filed by jailed Lok Sabha member from Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla constituency, Engineer Abdul Rashid Sheikh, who sought modification of the conditions related to payment of travel expenses during his custody parole to attend the Parliament session.

A two-judge Bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Anup Jairam Bhambhani differed in their opinions. While Justice Chaudhary rejected Engineer Rashid’s plea, Justice Bhambhani allowed it.

The matter will now be placed before Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya, the master of the roster, for appropriate orders.

Rashid, who has been in Delhi’s Tihar Jail in connection with a terror funding case, had moved the High Court seeking modification of an earlier order requiring

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