The court refused to grant Shangloo's custody to the CBI for questioning in connection with the kidnapping that occurred on 8 December 1989 and ended after five days with the release of five dreaded JKLF terrorists.
This is the first arrest the CBI has made during its investigation after the case was handed over to the central investigation agency.
Malik, who is serving a life term in a terror-funding case, filed an affidavit claiming the meeting with Saeed and other leaders took place at the request of India's Intelligence Bureau (IB) during his Pakistan visit for earthquake relief work.
A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan also directed the Registrar General of the Delhi High Court to ensure proper video conferencing facilities at Tihar jail also where Yasin Malik is lodged and is undergoing life imprisonment.
The Delhi High Court is likely to hear on Thursday Tihar Jail superintendent's application seeking to produce before court Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik, who is undergoing life sentence in a terror funding case, through Video Conference (VC).
This was the first attempt to regroup these anti-India and terrorist outfits after August 2019 when top Hurriyat leaders were arrested.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking a probe into the murder of advocate Tika Lal Taploo in Kashmir valley in 1989 by terrorists.
Charges under the Sections 302, 307, Sections 3(3), 4(1) of TADA Act 1987 and Section 7(27) of the Arms Act of 1959 read with Section 120 have been framed against Malik and others for the terror attack on the IAF personnel in the Rawalpura locality of Srinagar.
There were reports that more than 500 trained terrorists were waiting at the launching pads along the LOC in POJK for being pushed into J&K.
The JKLF members termed LoC as a forcefully drawn line that divided Kashmir and said that they would cross it and unite Kashmir.
