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‘Individual liberty must give way to national interest’: J&K High Court dismisses Doda resident’s habeas corpus petition
July 24, 2025 6:41 am
Dismissing the petition, Justice M A Chowdhary observed that the grounds of detention clearly show that the detenu was an OGW (overground worker) and a “militant sympathiser” who was detained under Public Safety Act in 2016.
J-K news portal issued notice over claims that its reporting ‘pitches elected representatives against administration’
November 26, 2024 9:34 am
On November 10, activist Rehmatullah Padder of Doda was booked under the PSA by the district administration, which accused him of being an overground worker (OGW) and citing five FIRs against him.
In a first, Jammu and Kashmir High Court orders Rs 5-lakh relief for man ‘illegally detained’ under Public Safety Act
April 27, 2024 10:27 am
While the petitioner, Ali Mohammad Lone alias Advocate Zahid Ali, had sought a compensation of Rs 25 lakh, the court directed the state to pay Rs 5 lakh.
Why ‘application of mind’ (by the DM) is crucial for preventive detention under the J&K Public Safety Act
April 18, 2024 10:48 am
Despite the stringent provisions for preventive detention under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, Justice Rahul Bharti quashed an order against a certain Jaffar Ahmad Parray. Here is why.
PSA dossier: J&K booked journalist may get bail, was reporting less about welfare of UT
January 23, 2022 7:47 am
🔴 A master’s in journalism student at the Central University of Kashmir, Gul worked with a local news outlet The KashmirWalla. He was arrested on January 6 by the J&K Police after complaints about a video he posted on social media showing the family of a slain militant raising anti-India slogans.
J&K security net cast wider: Not only ops, raids, arrests in new strategy
January 10, 2022 5:49 pm
Militancy-related data compiled by the UT government also records busting of almost 195 “terror modules” across J&K over the last two calendar years 2020 and 2021 and busting of about 35 terror hideouts last year.
In Biden team, a cousin of man held in J&K under PSA post-August 5
January 24, 2021 4:44 pm
Sameera Fazili's cousin Mubeen Shah was released in December 2019, and his is a rare case in which the J&K administration withdrew the PSA.
'It's a game of who blinks first but the bad news for them is that it's not going to be my mother'
July 29, 2020 8:32 am
Iltija Mufti, daughter of former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti, says she is no politician but her mother's detention has forced her to speak up against all that has unfolded in Kashmir over the last year.
After 10 months, Shah Faesal, two PDP leaders released; PSA charges revoked
June 04, 2020 3:15 am
On August 14 last year, Faesal was prevented from boarding a flight from New Delhi to Istanbul. He was then flown back to Srinagar and placed under detention at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre along with other political leaders.
Jammu and Kashmir: In a first, PSA detainees in jails outside UT to be released
April 14, 2020 12:41 am
Those to be freed are from jails in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
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After being released from detention, here is how Mehbooba Mufti spent her day
October 14, 2020 5:28 pm
Mufti, along with the entire separatist and mainstream leadership, was detained by the J&K Police on August 5 last year; the day the Centre abrogated Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and downgraded the state into two Union Territories.
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