New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday delivered a split verdict on a plea filed by jailed Baramulla Member of Parliament Engineer Abdul Rashid Sheikh, who sought directions to the Central government to bear the expenses of his travel from Tihar Jail to Parliament for attending sessions while he remains an undertrial prisoner in a terror funding case.

While Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani held that the government should bear the cost of Rashid's travel and related arrangements, Justice Vivek Chaudhary took a contrary view, observing that the government is not obliged to pay such expenses.

"We have not been able to concur on the manner in which the application is to be disposed of. There are divergent and discordant views," Ju...