Overview
- Appearing via video link from Dibrugarh jail, Amritpal Singh told the Punjab & Haryana High Court that his detention has stalled constituency work and his ability to raise public issues in Parliament.
- He sought custody parole for the ongoing Winter Session and offered an undertaking to confine any remarks to floods, drug abuse, alleged fake encounters, and MPLAD-related matters.
- The bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry adjourned the case to Wednesday after state counsel cited the Bar’s work abstention, narrowing the window for any practical relief.
- The Punjab government opposed parole, arguing any undertaking would be unenforceable under Article 105 protections for speech in the House and warning that granting a platform carries security risks.
- In filings resisting parole, the state submitted an NSA order alleging he orchestrated crimes from jail and that 15 people were under threat, claims his counsel rejected as false and unsupported by his jail conditions.