India, May 16 -- New Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice in a petition filed by Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, chairman of Al-Falah University, seeking bail in a money-laundering case linked to the Red Fort attack of November 2025.

A bench of justice Saurabh Banerjee sought the Enforcement Directorate's (ED's) response in Siddiqui's petition against a trial court's May 3 order, rejecting his bail plea, and fixed May 28 as the next date of hearing.

The trial court had observed that Jawad abused his position to use educational institutions for personal benefit. Additional sessions judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan of Saket courts, in an 85-page order, said the allegations were "grave" and no grounds for bail were found. The judge sai...