Delhi High Court Judge Amit Sharma recuses from hearing NIA's death penalty plea for separatist Yasin Malik.

Delhi High Court Judge Amit Sharma recused himself from hearing the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) plea seeking the death penalty for separatist leader Yasin Malik in a terror-funding case. The matter was transferred to another division bench, and the case has been rescheduled for August 9. Malik, the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief, is currently serving a life sentence in the case.