Overview
- Patiala House Court Judge Prashant Sharma permitted Baramulla MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh to attend the Budget Session from January 28 under previously imposed conditions.
- He will remain in custody throughout and be escorted by armed police, consistent with the court’s earlier arrangements for his parliamentary appearances.
- The question of travel and security expenses, estimated at nearly Rs 4 lakh per visit, awaits resolution in a Delhi High Court appeal following a split verdict in November 2025.
- Rashid has been lodged in Tihar Jail since 2019 in an NIA terror-funding case registered in 2017, with charges framed by a special NIA court in March 2022.
- The permission continues a pattern of limited court-approved access that allowed him to take his oath in 2024 and attend the monsoon and winter sessions in 2025, with the current session scheduled through April 2.