India, March 25 -- The Punjab and Haryana High Court was on Tuesday informed that incarcerated MP Amritpal Singh's continuous absence from Parliament has reached 59 sittings and he can apply for condoning his absence.

AdditP 7 - HC - Amritpal Singh Solicitor General of India Satya Pal Jain made the submission during the resumption of hearing on Amritpal's plea, seeking temporary release to attend the budget session of Parliament.

A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry reserved its order on the plea.

During the hearing, Jain, along with advocate Dheeraj Jain, submitted before the bench that under Article 104 of the Constitution, if an MP remains absent for 60 sittings continuously, then his seat can be dec...