Overview
- The division bench, ruling Friday, upheld the Punjab government’s February 2 refusal to grant temporary release under the National Security Act.
- Judges said national interests outweigh personal liberty where officials foresee a risk to public order, citing detailed threat reports from the Amritsar district magistrate and rural police chief dated January 21–22, 2026.
- The court found no constitutional right that lets a preventively detained MP join parliamentary proceedings, noting Article 105’s speech protection does not create a right to liberty and advising he may seek attendance exemption instead.
- The bench limited its review to the parole decision and declined to re-examine the original preventive detention orders, calling the security assessments a matter of the authorities’ subjective satisfaction.
- Amritpal Singh remains in Dibrugarh jail under the NSA, having won the Khadoor Sahib seat in 2024 and received one parole on July 5, 2024 to take his oath.