New Delhi, March 13 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a petition by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging a trial court order granting two-week interim bail to Al-Falah University chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui in a money-laundering case linked to the Delhi Red Fort blast. A bench of justice Saurabh Banerjee sought Siddiqui's response and fixed March 19 as the next date of hearing. The trial court on March 7 had granted two weeks' interim bail to Siddiqui, citing his wife's medical condition. Additional sessions judge (ASJ) Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan of Saket courts allowed the relief after noting that Siddiqui's wife required care and support at home. "Interim bail on medical grounds is a legal concept that allows a prisoner to be released from jail on medical grounds of his family members, particularly in the case of his wife," the court had said The ED challenged this decision before the high court. ED's lawyer and special counsel Zoheb Hossain submitted that the trial court's order was perverse as bail was granted without considering Siddiqui's antecedents and the fact that terrorists involved in the blast were "connected to him and had directly worked with him".htc...