The Delhi High Court on Monday sought separatist leader Yasin Malik’s response to the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) plea seeking enhancement of his life sentence to the death penalty in a terror funding case, reported .

A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Shalinder Kaur granted Malik four weeks to file his reply and listed the matter for hearing on November 10. The apex court stated that Malik, who is lodged in Tihar Jail, was not produced virtually as directed earlier and had not filed his response in pursuance of its August  9, 2024, order. On that date, the court had ordered his virtual, rather than physical, appearance, citing security threats, the report added.
On Monday, the bench directed the jail authorities to produce him virtually on the next hearing date, which is scheduled on November 10.