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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sought the stand of Tihar jail authorities and the National Investigation Agency on a plea by senior APHC leader Nayeem Ahmad Khan against the withdrawal of call and \u201ce-mulaqat\u201d facilities in Tihar.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, Justice Sachin Datta issued notice to the NIA and Tihar prison authorities for their responses.<\/p>\n
Advocate Tara Narula, appearing for the petitioner, argued telephone facilities were \u201carbitrarily\u201d withdrawn starting November 2023 under the pretext that National Investigation Agency (NIA) did not provide a no objection certificate.<\/p>\n
Khan, arrested in July 2017, is in jail as an undertrial prisoner in a case involving 26\/11 Mumbai attacks. The court questioned the NIA counsel over the denial of the facility given there were enough safeguards like recording the call.The NIA counsel said the agency would file its response.<\/p>\n
In his plea, Khan said there was no reason to deny him the facility, provided to other inmates under the Delhi Prison Rules.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe petitioner was earlier lodged in Central Jail 8\/9, Tihar Jail, for nearly six years where he was allowed to avail the IPCS and e-mulaqat facilities. However, on shifting to Central Jail 3, Tihar Jail around end of 2023, the petitioner lost his right to avail the said facilities.<\/p>\n
It is pertinent to note that respondent 4 has arbitrarily withdrawn the facilities under the pretext that respondent 5 did not provide a \u2018no objection certificate\u2019,\u201d the plea said.<\/p>\n
The plea alleged the NIA did not assign any reason for refusing the NOC and the circulars imposed an \u201carbitrary and unreasonable blanket restriction\u201d on the fundamental rights of the undertrial prisoner to communicate with the family members once a week if no approval was given by the agency.<\/p>\n
The petitioner, therefore, prayed for a direction to the authorities to \u201ccompletely restore\u201d the facilities. The matter would be heard on March 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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