The National Investigation Agency filed a supplementary chargesheet naming Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed as the principal conspirator behind the 2025 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians. The NIA alleged a cross-border conspiracy involving LeT and its proxy outfit, The Resistance Front.
The Delhi High Court granted interim bail to MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh until June 2 in an alleged terror financing case. The relief followed the death of his father prompting the court to temporarily suspend custody.
The Supreme Court of India reiterated that bail, not prolonged detention, should remain the norm even under the UAPA, while granting relief to Syed Iftikhar Andrabi and expressing reservations over denial of bail to Umar Khalid.
Baramulla MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh’s counsel approached the Delhi High Court seeking a modification of his interim bail order. He requested permission to travel to Delhi to meet his ailing father, recently shifted from Srinagar to AIIMS Delhi.
The Delhi High Court granted jailed Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid a week of interim bail to visit his ailing father, allowing him to stay at home or hospital. The court ordered constant supervision by two police personnel present.
The National Investigation Agency claimed that Yasin Malik used contacts with Pakistan’s PM and President to push Kashmir’s secession agenda. The High Court will now hear arguments on whether his life sentence in the terror funding case should be increased.
Today, On 12th March, The Supreme Court of India has granted bail to Shabir Ahmed Shah, leader of the Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party, in a terror-funding case. He faces UAPA charges for allegedly conspiring to separate Jammu and Kashmir from India and country.
The Supreme Court questioned the NIA for relying on speeches from the 1990s while opposing Shabir Ahmed Shah’s bail in a terror funding case. The Bench asked how decades-old material recovered in 2019 could justify his continued detention of over six years.
A Jammu and Kashmir sessions court acquitted three individuals in a terror-related case after finding that the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt. Additional Sessions Judge Manjeet Rai delivered the ruling while acting as the special NIA judge.
The Supreme Court has directed the Centre and Jammu & Kashmir administration to provide proper space for the Central Administrative Tribunal in Jammu within one month. The court also stressed the need for a permanent building and proper staff for smooth functioning.
