India, Nov. 21 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday directed the Punjab government to decide on Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh's representation, seeking temporary release to attend the winter session of Parliament, within a week.

Amritpal Singh has been lodged in the high-security Dibrugarh jail in Assam since his arrest in April 2023 under the National Security Act (NSA). Nine of his associates were brought back to Punjab earlier this year, while his detention was extended by a year.

The bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry passed the directions to decide on his representation within a week while hearing Amritpal Singh's plea in which he sought directions to the Union and state authorities to permit his...