India, March 12 -- The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought the National Investigation Agency (NIA)'s response to jailed Jammu & Kashmir lawmaker Engineer Rashid's custody parole plea to attend the ongoing budget session of Parliament. The second leg of the session began on Monday and would conclude on April 4.

A bench of justices Prathiba M Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta fixed March 18 as the next date of hearing after issuing the notice. "Issue notice. Let the objection if any be filed by the NIA before Monday. List for consideration on Tuesday," the court said.

Rashid, who has been in custody since 2019 in connection with a terror funding case, has sought interim bail as an alternative. He moved the high court against the city court'...