India, Aug. 3 -- The Delhi high court on Monday sought the response of National Investigation of Agency's (NIA) in an appeal filed by Kashmiri separatist leader Aasiya Andrabi, founder of the banned all-women separatist outfit Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) and two of her associates against a trial court's order convicting and sentencing them for running a terrorist organisation.

A bench of justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas Mahajan also directed NIA counsel Akshai Malik to file a

response to the application filed by the three women seeking suspension of their sentences.

The bench fixed September 30 as the next date of hearing, even as Malik opposed the appeal asserting that the same had been filed beyond the limitation period prescribed un...