Just about two days after Lok Sabha member Amritpal Singh moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking temporary release to attend the upcoming winter session of Parliament from December 1 to 19, a Division Bench on Friday directed the state government to decide his plea “within a week”, preferably before the session’s commencement starts.

Detained in Dibrugarh under the National Security Act, Amritpal had invoked Section 15 of the NSA, which empowers the competent authority to grant parole to a detainee in exceptional circumstances.

The Bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry – during the course of hearing – questioned senior advocate RS Bains appearing for Amritpal on his preparation for the session.

“What is your preparation? You must have got the agenda. How wi

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