High Court Directs Punjab Govt To Take Decision On Jailed MP Amritpal Singh's Plea For Attending Parliament

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab Government to decide within a week the representation filed by Khadoor Sahib MP (Member of Parliament) and NSA detainee Amritpal Singh seeking temporary release to attend the upcoming winter session of the Parliament starting from December 1, 2025.

Amritpal sought temporary release under Section 15 of the National Security Act, 1980 (NSA) to allow him to attend the Parliament session till December 19, 2025.

As per Advocate Imaan Singh Khara i.e., the counsel for the accused, a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry passed the direction after hearing Amritpal's Petition.

Amritpal had requested the Court to direct the Union and State Government authorities to permit his release on parole. He is currently lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh jail under the National Security Act.

The Chief of Waris Punjab De group who styled himself after slain Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was arrested in Moga's Rode village on April 23, 2023 following a manhunt of over a month. The Khalistani sympathiser had allegedly escaped the police net in Jalandhar District on March 18, 2023 switching vehicles and changing appearances.

Punjab Police had launched the crackdown after the February 23, 2023 Ajnala incident in which Singh and his supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, allegedly broke through barricades and barged into the police station on the outskirts of Amritsar city, and clashed with police for the release of his aides.

Amritpal had fought the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as an independent and won from the Khadoor Sahib seat. His detention was extended under the NSA in April even as his nine associates, who were also detained in the Assam jail, were brought back to Punjab. These nine associates were arrested in connection with the 2023 Ajnala police station attack incident.

With PTI Inputs