Ram Madhav says only 200-250 people put under preventive detention in Jammu and Kashmir, claims there is peace in the Valley
5 years, 3 months ago

Ram Madhav says only 200-250 people put under preventive detention in Jammu and Kashmir, claims there is peace in the Valley

Firstpost  

Ram Madhav has stated that during the abrogation of Article 370, around 2000-2500 people were under preventive detention in Jammu and Kashmir but now only 200-250 are under preventive detention Aurangabad: BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav has stated that during the abrogation of Article 370, around 2000-2500 people were under preventive detention in Jammu and Kashmir but now only 200-250 are under preventive detention. “Today in Jammu and Kashmir only 200-250 people are under preventive detention in view of the law and order. They have been kept under preventive detention respectfully, some in five-star guest houses, some in five-star hotels,” Madhav said during an event on Monday. “I would also like to say that 200-250 people have been put under preventive detention and there has been peace in Kashmir for two months.

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Jammu & Kashmir High Court Upholds Preventive Detention Of Alleged Leader Of Banned Organization Jamat-e-Islami
1 year, 5 months ago

Jammu & Kashmir High Court Upholds Preventive Detention Of Alleged Leader Of Banned Organization Jamat-e-Islami

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has upheld the preventive detention order issued against Ab. The respondents vehemently resisted the petition, arguing that preventive detention under the Public Safety Act aims to prevent individuals from engaging in anti-national or anti-social activities that could endanger public order. Delving into the merits of the case the bench acknowledged that the right to …

Person Confined Under Preventive Detention Law In Jammu & Kashmir Not Released Despite High Court's Quashing Order Passed Over A Year Ago
1 year, 7 months ago

Person Confined Under Preventive Detention Law In Jammu & Kashmir Not Released Despite High Court's Quashing Order Passed Over A Year Ago

Live Law  

Terming the non-release of a detainee whose detention order under Public Safety Act was quashed by it last year as a very "disturbing scenario", the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ordered District Magistrate, Baramulla to be personally present before it and also produce the detainee before it next week. A bench comprising Justice Rahul Bharti observed, "Through …

District Magistrate Cannot Describe Period Of Preventive Detention, Govt's Prerogative To Do The Same : JKL High Court
2 years ago

District Magistrate Cannot Describe Period Of Preventive Detention, Govt's Prerogative To Do The Same : JKL High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently observed that a District Magistrate while passing the order of detention cannot describe the period of detention of the detenue, because it is the Government which after approving the detention provides the period till the detenue would be detained.A bench comprising Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal observed,"Section 17 of J & K …

Preventive Detention Cannot Be Made By Stating Vague Grounds: Jammu And Kashmir High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Preventive Detention Cannot Be Made By Stating Vague Grounds: Jammu And Kashmir High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently quashed an order for detention while observing that detention in preventive custody on the basis of such vague and ambiguous grounds of detention cannot be justified. Petitioner submitted that the allegations made in the grounds of detention are vague and indefinite and no prudent man can make an effective representation against these allegations …

Jammu & Kashmir High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Maximum Preventive Detention Period Under Public Safety Act
3 years, 10 months ago

Jammu & Kashmir High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Maximum Preventive Detention Period Under Public Safety Act

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued notice to the UT administration on a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of Section 18 of the Public Safety Act, 1978. Therefore Section 18 of the Public Safety Act of 1978 which was earlier saved from the applicability of Article 22 will no longer remain the same and due to the applicability …

Kashmiris Under Detention Since August 5 Last Year in Jails Outside J&K Must Be Released: Iltija Mufti
4 years, 3 months ago

Kashmiris Under Detention Since August 5 Last Year in Jails Outside J&K Must Be Released: Iltija Mufti

News 18  

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija Mufti on Sunday sought the release of all those who were detained and kept in jails outside Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the abrogation of its special status in August last year. Iltija raised the issue of the detention of "countless men" in a series of posts on the Twitter handle of her detained …

Opposition demands immediate release of political detainees in Kashmir
4 years, 10 months ago

Opposition demands immediate release of political detainees in Kashmir

The Hindu  

The Opposition on Monday called for the immediate release of all political detainees in Kashmir, especially Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti who have been detained for about seven months on “flimsiest of grounds”. In a joint statement, six Opposition leaders including NCP president Sharad Pawar, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee, Janata Dal supremo …

How 2019 changed the Kashmir dispute forever
5 years ago

How 2019 changed the Kashmir dispute forever

Al Jazeera  

Watershed year saw abrogation of special status and later bifurcation amid crippling curfew and communications blackout. “I requested them to give me my father’s walking stick but they told me to take the body or else they will burn it in the jail.” When asked about the cause of Bhat’s death and denial of a post-mortem report, Kupwara’s senior superintendent …

J&K post Article 370: Only 609 out of 5,000 originally detained still under preventive custody
5 years, 1 month ago

J&K post Article 370: Only 609 out of 5,000 originally detained still under preventive custody

India TV News  

Over 5,000 people were taken into preventive custody since the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, the Parliament was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha regarding militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy said that to prevent breach of peace, activities prejudicial to the …

Over 5,000 separatists, stone pelters, others arrested in Kashmir since Aug 4: Govt
5 years, 1 month ago

Over 5,000 separatists, stone pelters, others arrested in Kashmir since Aug 4: Govt

India TV News  

There have been 5,161 "preventive arrests", including politicians, separatists and stone pelters, in Kashmir Valley since August 4, the day before Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370 was revoked, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday. The Centre also announced its decision to bifurcate the state into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh on August 5. …

Political leaders released in Kashmir, promise not to disrupt peace
5 years, 3 months ago

Political leaders released in Kashmir, promise not to disrupt peace

Live Mint  

New Delhi: More than two months since they were detained, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday released three politicians who had been placed in preventive detention since 5 August— the day the Centre abrogated Article 370. While Mir is a former Peoples Democratic Party legislator, Lone contested on a Congress ticket from North Kashmir and later resigned as district …

How many under preventive detention for lynchings, rapes?: Iltija Mufti hits out at govt
5 years, 3 months ago

How many under preventive detention for lynchings, rapes?: Iltija Mufti hits out at govt

India Today  

Iltija Mufti, the daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehobooba Mufti, strongly hit out at the Centre for holding her mother and other state political leaders under preventive detention. "We hear about lynchings, I want to know how many people have been put under preventive detention over lynchings," Iltija asked at the India Today Conclave Mumbai 2019. FOLLOW …

What Is Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act?
5 years, 3 months ago

What Is Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act?

Live Law  

It is reported that National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has been detained under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act.This move happened shortly before the Supreme Court was slated to hear the habeas corpus petition filed by MDMK leader Vaiko seeking release of Abdullah. It is reported that National Conference leader and former …

Kashmir lockdown: Stories of torture and arbitrary arrests
5 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir lockdown: Stories of torture and arbitrary arrests

Al Jazeera  

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Home ministry takes stock of bifurcation plans in J&K
5 years, 4 months ago

Home ministry takes stock of bifurcation plans in J&K

Live Mint  

As Kashmir entered the third week of a clampdown, the Union home ministry on Tuesday took stock of how the region would proceed politically and administratively, with the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act set to take effect on 31 October. While the region has been grappling with a curfew, a communication shutdown and a heavy security blanket since Article 370 …

At least 2,300 detained in locked-down Indian-ruled Kashmir
5 years, 4 months ago

At least 2,300 detained in locked-down Indian-ruled Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — At least 2,300 people, mostly young men, have been detained in Indian-administered Kashmir during a security lockdown and communications blackout imposed to curb unrest after New Delhi stripped the disputed region of statehood, according to top Kashmir police and arrest statistics reviewed by The Associated Press. Kashmiris have staged protests and clashed with police since the crackdown, …

Kashmir after Article 370: At least 4,000 detained over fears of unrest, most flown out of region, govt sources tell AFP
5 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir after Article 370: At least 4,000 detained over fears of unrest, most flown out of region, govt sources tell AFP

Firstpost  

Thousands of people have been detained in Kashmir over fears of unrest after the Centre scrapped Article 370, government sources told AFP Srinagar: Thousands of people have been detained in Kashmir over fears of unrest after New Delhi stripped the region of its autonomy two weeks ago, government sources told news agency Agence France-Presse. Jammu and Kashmir government spokesman Rohit …

No space to hold detainees, private properties turn holding centres in Kashmir
5 years, 4 months ago

No space to hold detainees, private properties turn holding centres in Kashmir

India Today  

Over 10 days after India moved to abrogate provisions of Article 370 following which political workers and leaders were detained in Jammu and Kashmir, around a thousand detentions have prompted the administration to hire private properties across the Valley to accommodate those taken into custody. Mainstream political leaders, including former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, were taken into …

‘Eight million population incarcerated’, says ex-IAS officer Shah Faesal as Parliament gives nod to abolish J&K’s special status
5 years, 5 months ago

‘Eight million population incarcerated’, says ex-IAS officer Shah Faesal as Parliament gives nod to abolish J&K’s special status

Firstpost  

Kashmir is experiencing ‘unprecedented’ lockdown, eight million population ‘incarcerated’, said former IAS officer, politician Shah Faesal. New Delhi: Kashmir is experiencing an “unprecedented” lockdown and its eight million population “incarcerated” like never before, former IAS officer and politician Shah Faesal said on Wednesday, adding that there is no shortage of food and essentials as of now. “You can say that …

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