65-year-old Jammu and Kashmir resident Ghulam Mohammed Bhat, jailed under Public Safety Act, dies in Allahabad jail
5 years ago

65-year-old Jammu and Kashmir resident Ghulam Mohammed Bhat, jailed under Public Safety Act, dies in Allahabad jail

Firstpost  

A 65-year-old detenu, a member of the banned Jamaat-I-Islamia, booked under the stringent Public Safety Act and sent outside Jammu and Kashmir has died in a jail at Allahabad Srinagar: A 65-year-old detainee, a member of the banned Jamaat-I-Islamia, booked under the stringent Public Safety Act and sent outside Jammu and Kashmir has died in a jail at Allahabad, officials said on Sunday. Ghulam Mohammed Bhat, a resident of Kulangam in the frontier district of Handwara in North Kashmir, was among hundreds of people detained under the PSA immediately after the Centre abrogated special status of Jammu and Kashmir on 5 August and divided it into two union territories: Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir. Reacting to the news, the official twitter handle of former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, which is being operated by her daughter Iltija, condemned the incident and said Bhat is the first Kashmiri political detainee to have died at a jail outside Kashmir. “MHA has blood on its hands and must be held accountable.” Around 300 political detenues, held under the PSA, were shifted out of the Kashmir Valley post 5 August and lodged in various jails of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan.

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NIA moves Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for JKLF chief Yasin Malik in terror funding case
1 year, 7 months ago

NIA moves Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for JKLF chief Yasin Malik in terror funding case

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency Friday approached the Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for separatist leader Yasin Malik, who was awarded life term by a trial court here in a terror funding case. On May 24, 2022, a trial court here had awarded life imprisonment to Malik, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chief, after holding him guilty for various …

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Monthly Digest: April 2023
1 year, 8 months ago

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Monthly Digest: April 2023

Live Law  

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Yasin Malik Gets Life Term: J&K's Separatist Politics Nearing an End?
2 years, 7 months ago

Yasin Malik Gets Life Term: J&K's Separatist Politics Nearing an End?

The Quint  

Yasin Malik’s conviction under the charges of financing terrorism turns a page on another significant period of Kashmir’s trouble-torn history. Sentencing 56-year-old Malik, who headed the Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front, to imprisonment for the remainder of his life will effectively deal a sledgehammer blow to the organised form of separatist politics in Kashmir, which was already tottering along the …

From Rubaiya Sayeed's kidnapping to killing of IAF personnel: The cases against Yasin Malik
2 years, 7 months ago

From Rubaiya Sayeed's kidnapping to killing of IAF personnel: The cases against Yasin Malik

Firstpost  

Four Indian Air Force personnel were shot dead by terrorists belonging to Malik’s JKLF in 1990 Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik was sentenced to life in a 2107 terror funding case on Wednesday. Kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed in 1989: Rubaiya, the daughter of then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Saeed was kidnapped by the JKLF, when she was returning home …

Yasin Malik's supporters clash with police in Srinagar; Internet suspended in J&K
2 years, 7 months ago

Yasin Malik's supporters clash with police in Srinagar; Internet suspended in J&K

Firstpost  

A Delhi court on Wednesday sentenced the Kashmiri separatist to life in connection with a terror funding case Clashes erupted between supporters of Yasin Malik and security forces in Srinagar’s Maisuma locality as a Delhi court sentenced the JKLF chairman to life. A Delhi court on Wednesday sentenced the Kashmiri separatist to life in connection with a terror funding case. …

Terror funding case: NIA seeks death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik
2 years, 7 months ago

Terror funding case: NIA seeks death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik

Firstpost  

Malik told the court that he was not contesting the charges levelled against him that included sections 16, 17, 18 and 20 of the UAPA and sections 120-B Act, in a terror funding case, court sources said. The agency made the submission before special judge Praveen Singh, while the amicus curiae appointed by the court to assist Malik sought life …

Jailed poster-boy of 2010 Kashmir stir Masarat Alam Bhat named Syed Ali Geelani's successor
3 years, 4 months ago

Jailed poster-boy of 2010 Kashmir stir Masarat Alam Bhat named Syed Ali Geelani's successor

India TV News  

The poster boy of the 2010 agitation in Kashmir, Masarat Alam Bhat, who is in jail for allegedly being involved in the funding of terror organisations, was on Tuesday named as chairman of the hardline Hurriyat Conference following the death of Syed Ali Shah Geelani last week. The NIA had said that immediately after his arrest, "Muslim League chairman Masarat …

Former Kashmir chief minister released after 14-month detention
4 years, 2 months ago

Former Kashmir chief minister released after 14-month detention

Al Jazeera  

Mehbooba Mufti, 61, was detained following the government’s revocation of the region’s autonomy in August 2019. Mehbooba Mufti, 61, a former chief minister in Jammu and Kashmir, was among several leaders arrested under the country’s Public Safety Act after the federal government in August 2019 abrogated Article 370 of the Indian constitution. “As Ms Mufti’s illegal detention finally comes to …

Day after release, Farooq Abdullah meets son Omar in sub-jail in Srinagar | Photos
4 years, 9 months ago

Day after release, Farooq Abdullah meets son Omar in sub-jail in Srinagar | Photos

India TV News  

A day after being getting released from 7-month house detention under Public Safety Act, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Saturday met his son Omar Abdullah in sub-jail in Srinagar, officials informed on Saturday. Image Source : ANI Farooq Abdullah meets son Omar Abdullah in sub-jail in Srinagar Image Source : ANI Farooq Abdullah meets son Omar Abdullah in sub-jail …

J&K govt orders immediate release of Farooq Abdullah from detention after 7 months
4 years, 9 months ago

J&K govt orders immediate release of Farooq Abdullah from detention after 7 months

India Today  

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has ordered the immediate release of former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah. National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah had been put under detention in August 2019 following the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. The Opposition, including Congress, Trinamool Congress and NCP, have been demanding the release of Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti …

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 …

Pray for Early Release of Abdullahs, Mufti From Detention: Rajnath
4 years, 10 months ago

Pray for Early Release of Abdullahs, Mufti From Detention: Rajnath

The Quint  

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday, 22 February, said that he is praying for the early release of three former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir from their detention and hoping that they will contribute to normalising the situation in Kashmir. Dozens of politicians, including three former chief ministers – Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah of National Conference, …

Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement leader Shah Faesal detained under stringent Public Safety Act
4 years, 10 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement leader Shah Faesal detained under stringent Public Safety Act

Firstpost  

Former civil servant and chief of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples’ Movement Shah Faesal has been booked under the Public Safety Act that allows detention without trial for up to three months and multiple extensions Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has booked former IAS officer-turned-politician Shah Faesal under the controversial Public Safety Act, official sources said on Saturday. Faesal, who …

PSA against Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti smacks of muddled thinking; reasons cited by Centre constitute theatre of absurd
4 years, 11 months ago

PSA against Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti smacks of muddled thinking; reasons cited by Centre constitute theatre of absurd

Firstpost  

The slapping of PSA was, in itself, an admission on the government’s part that it has no legitimate reason to keep the Abdullahs and Mufti behind detention. The Union government’s latest move, to slap the Public Safety Act on former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, smacks of desperation and muddled thinking in the highest echelons …

Kashmir: Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, Shah Faesal to remain in detention
4 years, 11 months ago

Kashmir: Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, Shah Faesal to remain in detention

India Today  

Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, both former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir state -- now bifurcated -- will remain in detention for some more time. Abdullah, 49, and Mufti, 60, were detained in August, when the government annnounced its hugely controversial decision to scrap Jammu and Kashmir's special status -- and with it, a provision limiting property rights in …

J&K: Sajjad Lone, Waheed Parra out from preventive detention, put under house arrest
4 years, 11 months ago

J&K: Sajjad Lone, Waheed Parra out from preventive detention, put under house arrest

New Indian Express  

READ| Congress walks out of Lok Sabha demanding release of Farooq Abdullah, J&K leaders Since Sunday, a total of eight leaders have been released from preventive custody. These leaders were part of preventive detention of mainstream politicians, activists and trade leaders carried out after August 5 last year when the Centre withdrew the special status of the erstwhile state of …

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 …

Detained under PSA, Farooq Abdullah nominated on key defence panel
5 years, 1 month ago

Detained under PSA, Farooq Abdullah nominated on key defence panel

India Today  

Detained under the stringent Public Safety Act after being accused of having "tremendous potential to create public disorder", former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has been included in a 21-member consultative committee on defence. The name of the 81-year-old National Conference leader, in detention at his Srinagar home for over 100 days, tops the list of members of …

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti shifted to govt accommodation in Srinagar; move necessitated in view of approaching harsh winter season
5 years, 1 month ago

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti shifted to govt accommodation in Srinagar; move necessitated in view of approaching harsh winter season

Firstpost  

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti was on Friday shifted to a government accommodation in the city from a tourist hut located at the foothills of Zaberwan range, officials said Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti was on Friday shifted to a government accommodation in the city from a tourist hut located at the foothills …

Congress slams govt over detention of leaders in J&K, asks if Farooq Abdullah will attend Parliament
5 years, 1 month ago

Congress slams govt over detention of leaders in J&K, asks if Farooq Abdullah will attend Parliament

India Today  

The Congress on Friday attacked the Modi government over the detention of mainstream political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, and asked whether sitting Lok Sabha member from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah will be allowed to attend Parliament from Monday. When Farooq Abdullah "sings 'Ram Bhajan' or says 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'", he does not think what the response of separatist forces …

Farooq Abdullah to be in PSA detention for 3 more months
5 years, 2 months ago

Farooq Abdullah to be in PSA detention for 3 more months

The Hindu  

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah’s detention under the Public Safety Act has been extended to three months, a senior government official said. The current board that upheld Dr. Abdullah’s detention for a period of three months is chaired by former Jammu and Kashmir High Court judge Janak Raj Kotwal. It was not clear when other political …

SC refuses to further entertain plea for producing Farooq Abdullah
5 years, 3 months ago

SC refuses to further entertain plea for producing Farooq Abdullah

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to further entertain Rajya Sabha MP Vaiko's plea seeking production of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah before it and said the MDMK leader can challenge the detention order under the Public Safety Act. "He is under detention under the Public Safety Act," a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi told …

Tribunal upholds ban on Yasin Malik's JKLF, says credible grounds to declare it unlawful association
5 years, 3 months ago

Tribunal upholds ban on Yasin Malik's JKLF, says credible grounds to declare it unlawful association

India Today  

An Unlawful Activities Act Tribunal has said there is credible evidence to declare the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front an unlawful association and upheld the ban imposed by the Centre. The tribunal has said there was there is "sufficient cause to confirm notification issued by government declaring the said organisation as an unlawful association". The tribunal, in its order, held …

Rahul Gandhi slams Farooq Abdullah's detention, demands immediate release
5 years, 3 months ago

Rahul Gandhi slams Farooq Abdullah's detention, demands immediate release

India TV News  

A day after the Jammu and Kashmir administration said that it has applied provisions under the stringent Public Safety Act against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Narendra Modi government of trying to remove nationalist leaders to create political vaccum that will be filled by terrorists. Slamming the government, …

Farooq Abdullah spends first day after PSA detention meeting daughter and sister
5 years, 3 months ago

Farooq Abdullah spends first day after PSA detention meeting daughter and sister

India TV News  

A day after he was slapped with the stringent Public Safety Act, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday met his sister and daughter and spent time reading newspapers. The order was issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Srinagar at 1 am and it was served to the three-time former chief minister by an additional deputy commissioner …

Explained: The Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act
5 years, 3 months ago

Explained: The Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act

The Hindu  

Former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah was detained under the State’s Public Safety Act on September 16, for 12 days. This was hours before the Supreme Court was due to hear Rajya Sabha Member Vaiko’shabeus corpus petition, seeking the J&K government to produce him in court and release him from detention. Even before Dr. Abdullah was detained …

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah detained under Public Safety Act: all you need to know about the 1978 Act
5 years, 3 months ago

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah detained under Public Safety Act: all you need to know about the 1978 Act

Firstpost  

On Monday, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah was detained under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act On Monday, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah was detained under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act. Ironically, Abdullah’s father, Sheikh Abdullah, had enacted this act that allowed the …

Farooq Abdullah upheld unity, integrity of country, says Congress’ Salman Khurshid; calls it 'unjust' to arrest him
5 years, 3 months ago

Farooq Abdullah upheld unity, integrity of country, says Congress’ Salman Khurshid; calls it 'unjust' to arrest him

Firstpost  

Stating that former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah has served the country by upholding its unity and integrity, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Monday termed his alleged arrest under Public Safety Act as unjust New Delhi: Stating that former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah has served the country by upholding its unity and …

Farooq Abdullah detained under Public Safety Act: All you need to know about the law
5 years, 3 months ago

Farooq Abdullah detained under Public Safety Act: All you need to know about the law

Hindustan Times  

The Public Safety Act, under whic the three-time former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and Srinagar Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah has been detained, was enacted four decades ago to check timber smuggling in the state. Here is all you need to know about the Public Safety Act: • Promulgated in 1978, the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act …

Farooq Abdullah detained under public safety law, his home is the jail
5 years, 3 months ago

Farooq Abdullah detained under public safety law, his home is the jail

Hindustan Times  

Srinagar Lok Sabha MP and three-time former chief minister Farooq Abdullah has been detained under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act. Farooq Abdullah’s detention order came right ahead of a Supreme Court hearing on a habeas corpus petition filed by Tamil Nadu politician Vaiko that sought Farooq Abdullah’s production in the top court. Local residents living in the vicinity …

India arrests senior Kashmir leader under controversial law
5 years, 3 months ago

India arrests senior Kashmir leader under controversial law

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — A Parliament member who is a senior pro-India politician in Indian-controlled Kashmir was arrested Monday under a controversial law that allows authorities to imprison someone for up to two years without charge or trial. Farooq Abdullah, 81, who also was the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was arrested at his residence in Srinagar, the summer …

Farooq Abdullah arrested under PSA, can go sans trial for 2 years
5 years, 3 months ago

Farooq Abdullah arrested under PSA, can go sans trial for 2 years

India TV News  

In a major development in Kashmir, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah was on Monday detained under the Public Safety Act. Abdullah is the first politician who has been arrested under the Public Safety Act, under which rights activists say more than 20,000 Kashmiris have been detained in the last two decades, AP reported. Farooq Abdullah, also …

Yasin Malik’s Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front banned
5 years, 9 months ago

Yasin Malik’s Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front banned

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday banned Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik’s Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, officials familiar with the development confirmed. The move comes nearly a month after a major crackdown on separatists in the valley in which 130 separatists from the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Hurriyat Conference were arrested, including JKLF Chief Yasin Malik and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Abdul Hamid Fayaz. …

Yasin Malik detained under PSA, shifted to Jammu jail
5 years, 10 months ago

Yasin Malik detained under PSA, shifted to Jammu jail

The Quint  

By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, March 7 Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was detained under the harsh Public Safety Act on Thursday and shifted to a jail outside the Valley. According to the 2010 report of human rights watchdog Amnesty International, at least 10,000 to 20,000 people have been detained under this preventive law in J&K since …

India charges Kashmiri pro-independence leader amid crackdown
5 years, 10 months ago

India charges Kashmiri pro-independence leader amid crackdown

Al Jazeera  

A top pro-independence leader in Indian-administered Kashmir has been booked under the controversial Public Safety Act which could see him imprisoned for up to two years without a trial. ‘Spree of arrests’ Joint Resistance Leadership, a group of separatist leaders in the region, has called for a complete shutdown on Friday to protest the “arbitrary arrest”. “Strongly condemn slapping of …

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