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NIA requests Delhi HC to hear Yasin Malik terror funding case away from public eye

Justice Vivek Chaudhary orally remarked that it will consider the NIA’s request. The bench has now posted the matter for consideration on January 28 next year.

3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Nov 11, 2025 04:24 AM IST

Yasin represents himself before the Delhi HC and appears via video conference from Tihar jail. (File Photo)

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Monday orally requested the Delhi High Court to not conduct open court proceedings while hearing the agency’s appeal seeking death sentence for jailed Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in the 2016 terror funding case.

The request was made by Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Akshai Malik, appearing on behalf of the NIA, before Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain. SPP Malik orally requested, “Let it not be in open court, please give a separate link [for Yasin Malik to appear].”

Yasin represents himself before the Delhi HC and appears via video conference from Tihar jail.

The request came as the NIA sought an adjournment in the case on Monday, to respond to the claims made by the separatist leader in an affidavit submitted to Delhi HC in a sealed cover in August.

Justice Chaudhary orally remarked that it will consider the NIA’s request. The bench has now posted the matter for consideration on January 28 next year.

Yasin, while consenting to the NIA’s request for adjournment, requested that his case be taken up at the earliest. He orally told the court, “Meri ek hi request hai, ek shaks ko psychological torture mein rakhna… toh jald se jald suniye isse please (I’ve only one request, it is psychological torture to keep a person imprisoned, so please hear my matter at the earliest).”

Yasin, in his affidavit, is learnt to have said that he was encouraged by the state to keep the peace track alive in Jammu and Kashmir, claiming that he was actively engaged by seven Prime Ministers in the past and also held talks with the RSS leadership and two Shankaracharyas.

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Yasin, who is in Tihar Jail since 2019, had submitted the affidavit in a sealed cover after the NIA pleaded to enhance his life imprisonment to death penalty in the terror funding case.

He is learnt to have accused the state of attempting to erase the history of engagement, and claimed meetings with PMs, political leaders, intel operatives, RSS leaders and journalists.

Denying his role in terror funding, Yasin, it is learnt, had said that the NIA could not produce evidence in this regard and he was being made a scapegoat.

Sohini Ghosh

Sohini Ghosh is a Senior Correspondent at The Indian Express. Previously based in Ahmedabad covering Gujarat, she recently moved to the New Delhi bureau, where she primarily covers legal developments at the Delhi High Court Professional Profile Background: An alumna of the Asian College of Journalism (ACJ), she previously worked with ET NOW before joining The Indian Express. Core Beats: Her reporting is currently centered on the Delhi High Court, with a focus on high-profile constitutional disputes, disputes over intellectual property, criminal and civil cases, issues of human rights and regulatory law (especially in the areas of technology and healthcare). Earlier Specialty: In Gujarat, she was known for her rigorous coverage in the beats of crime, law and policy, and social justice issues, including the 2002 riot cases, 2008 serial bomb blast case, 2016 flogging of Dalits in Una, among others. She has extensively covered health in the state, including being part of the team that revealed the segregation of wards at the state’s largest government hospital on lines of faith in April 2020. With Ahmedabad being a UNESCO heritage city, she has widely covered urban development and heritage issues, including the redevelopment of the Sabarmati Ashram Recent Notable Articles (Late 2025) Her recent reporting from the Delhi High Court covers major political, constitutional, corporate, and public-interest legal battles: High-Profile Case Coverage She has extensively covered the various legal battles - including for compensation under the aegis of North East Delhi Riots Claims Commission - pertaining to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, as well as 1984 anti-Sikh riots. She has also led coverage at the intersection of technology and governance, and its impact on the citizenry, from, and beyond courtrooms — such as the government’s stakeholder consultations for framing AI-Deepfake policy. Signature Style Sohini is recognized for her sustained reporting from courtrooms and beyond. She specialises in breaking down dense legal arguments to make legalese accessible for readers. Her transition from Gujarat to Delhi has seen her expand her coverage on regulatory, corporate and intellectual property law, while maintaining a strong commitment to human rights and lacuna in the criminal justice system. X (Twitter): @thanda_ghosh ... Read More

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