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Jammu and Kashmir High Court quashes detention over ‘Lord Ram’ Facebook post
September 02, 2026 2:21 pm
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has cancelled PSA detention against a man accused of making derogatory remarks against “Lord Ram” and mocking Hindu women observing fast on "Karwa Chauth" festival.
Relief for man as court quashes preventive detention over ‘illegal’ bovine transport
August 31, 2026 11:31 am
The man's detention order was challenged before the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court citing that it was vague and based only on FIRs which did not disclose any activity that could affect public order.
BJP drops Pulwama unit chief after police book him for extortion
August 12, 2026 1:47 am
Syed Showkat Gayoor, who served as the party district president for south Kashmir’s Pulwana, has been booked for wrongful restraint, extortion and criminal intimidation.
Parcel meant for Kashmir farmer throws up 4kg of cocaine
August 12, 2026 6:27 am
The information was significant given the police's intensified crackdown on drug trafficking, which has lately seen suspected traffickers being booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA), their properties seized, and, in some cases, even their houses demolished.
Quoting Einstein, J&K High Court frees man detained under PSA
March 14, 2026 1:42 am
Court points to 'glaring contradictions’ in police dossier and detention order; man was accused of being an overground worker
‘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.
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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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