New Delhi- The Delhi High Court on Friday said it would conduct in January a preliminary hearing on a plea by jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh against costs to be paid for attending Parliament while in custody.

The matter was placed before Justice Ravinder Dudeja by the chief justice following a split verdict by a division bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Anup Jairam Bhambhani on Rashid’s plea seeking modification of an order asking him to deposit approximately Rs 4 lakh with jail authorities to attend Parliament in custody.

Justice Dudeja listed the matter for January 14 to conduct a preliminary hearing after the counsel for Rashid and National Investigation Agency (NIA) submitted that the judge has to decide whether he should deliver the verdict or the appeal is to

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