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Hearing on the petition challenging the detention of Amritpal Singh on August 28

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Amritpal, lodged in Dibrugarh jail, had recently challenged the NSA on him, which was heard in the court today.

The Punjab-Haryana High Court has sought a response from the Punjab government and the Center in the case of extension of NSA on Waris Punjab organization chief Amritpal Singh.

Amritpal, lodged in Dibrugarh jail, had recently challenged the NSA on him, which was heard in the court today.

The court has fixed the date of August 28 for the next hearing of the case. Meanwhile, the challenge to Amritpal's parliamentary membership by Vikarjit Singh, who was an independent candidate from Khadur Sahib, will be heard in the Punjab-Haryana High Court on August 5.

The petitioner says that Amritpal Singh had hidden many information in his nomination paper.

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