Delhi High Court grants 7-day custody parole to Al Falah University chairman to tend to ailing wife
In July, the high court had refused to grant interim bail to Siddiqui and permitted him to meet his wife on custody parole on three dates.
The Delhi High Court granted Al Falah University chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui a seven-day custody parole on November 6, 2026, to care for his gravely ill wife, who is battling stage-4 ovarian cancer. Siddiqui is currently in custody on two money laundering cases. The high court granted the interim bail after hearing Siddiqui's plea for medical and humanitarian reasons.
Siddiqui's wife requires the next cycle of chemotherapy on November 10. The Enforcement Directorate opposed Siddiqui's request for interim release due to the seriousness of the allegations against him and his flight risk status. Earlier, the high court had denied interim bail to Siddiqui, allowing him to meet his wife on custody parole three times.
The ED's probe is linked to two FIRs filed by the Delhi Police Crime Branch alleging that Al Falah University falsely claimed NAAC accreditation and UGC recognition to deceive students and parents. Al Falah University is also under an 'white-collar terror' probe, with two doctors arrested and another identified as the suicide bomber in the Red Fort bomb blast outside the fort that killed 15 people on November 10, 2025.
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