In what is considered her formal dab into politics, Iltija Mufti, daughter of Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti, was appointed as media adviser to the party chief on Wednesday. Iltija Mufti PDP chief spokesperson Syed Suhail Bukhari said that Iltija has been in-charge of Mehbooba Mufti’s social media since 2019. “Iltija emerged as a leading voice and a vociferous …
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 …
The District Magistrate, Srinagar, who passed the order for preventive detention of former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti under the Public Safety Act, has told the Supreme Court that the order was passed after "subjective satisfaction" of the detaining authority that it is necessary to detain Mufti so as to prevent her from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to clarify how long they intend to detain former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti under the Public Safety Act. Magistrate’s affidavit In an affidavit dated September 28, the Srinagar District Magistrate reasoned that the detention was ordered on the basis of an extensive scrutiny of the material on Ms. Mufti, …
Iltija Mufti, the daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, has approached the Supreme Court seeking to modify her petition challenging the detention of her mother under the stringent Public Safety Act. In her application before the Supreme Court, Iltija said it has been filed praying for permission to amend the writ petition seeking inter alia a …