A particular NIA court in Delhi on Monday transferred the case in opposition to Kashmiri separatist Aasiya Andrabi again to the judge who had convicted her on terror costs below UAPA and for IPC offences as properly, holding that the “judge who delivered the conviction should additionally decide the sentencing”.Particular Judge Chanderjit Singh was transferred from the NIA court to the Karkardooma courts in Nov 2025 however because the judgment within the case was pending, he took the case file with him for announcing the decision.On Monday, particular judge (NIA) Prashant Sharma famous that Judge Chanderjit Singh, although now posted at Karkardooma Courts, had “extensively heard” the matter, together with ultimate arguments, and had “examined the report threadbare” earlier than convicting the accused on Jan 15.Judge Sharma recorded that he joined the NIA court after Nov 20, 2025, whereas Judge Singh had been listening to the case since 2024 and pronounced the responsible verdict on Jan 14. Sharma additionally famous he obtained the case file solely after Jan 16, by which era ultimate arguments had already been concluded earlier than Judge Singh.The Delhi excessive court, in an order dated July 15, 2025, had dominated judges who reserve judgments should pronounce them inside weeks of their switch.Andrabi who based the all-ladies separatist group Dukhtaraan-e-Millat (DeM) in 1987, was arrested in April 2018. The group was subsequently banned.
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