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The bench also made it clear that while attending the session, Rashid would not be permitted to use a phone or the internet, nor engage with or address the media.

In the reply filed to the appeal on March 17, the NIA said Rashid couldn’t be allowed to use his status as an MP to “get away from the rigours of imprisonment”.

During a hearing this week, Rashid had challenged a March 10 order of the trial court, refusing him custody parole or interim bail to attend Lok Sabha proceedings till April 4.

The NIA contended that he neither had a fundamental right nor a legally enforceable privilege to attend parliamentary sessions while in custody.

The Baramulla MP, who defeated CM Omar Abdullah in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, is on trial for allegedly funding separatists and terror groups in J&K.

The defense pointed out that Rashid was granted custody parole in the previous session on February 11 and 13.