India, Nov. 23 -- A Delhi court on Saturday allowed 20-year-old Jasir Bilal Wani, alleged co-conspirator in the Red Fort blast earlier this month, to meet his legal counsel at the National Investigation Agency (NIA) headquarters.

The order - passed by principal sessions judge Anju Bajaj Chandna of Patiala House Courts - after an application by Wani's counsel Kaustabh Chaturvedi, seeking a meeting with him.

The development comes a day after the Delhi High Court had refused to pass an order on the matter and sent it back to the trial court, where the case is currently being heard.

The bench of justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that the mere fact that the application was not taken on record, or that the trial court declined relief, could ...