IIOJK High Court quashes four PSA detention orders citing lack of proof
Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the High Court has quashed four detention orders issued under the draconian law Public Safety Act (PSA) citing lack of proof and directed the immediate release of the detainees.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Justice Sanjay Dhar set aside the PSA orders against Tawseef Ahmad Parray, Jahangir Ahmad Malik, Tawseef Ahmad Sheikh and Mohammad Ishaq Tantray, who had been detained by the district magistrates of Baramulla, Shopian, Kulgam, and Islamabad, respectively. They had been held for engaging in pro-freedom activities, which the Modi regime terms as “prejudicial” to the security of India.
In his ruling, Justice Dhar found that the claims made by Parray, Malik, and Sheikh—that they had not been provided with all the material relied upon by the detaining authorities—were well-founded. He observed that this amounted to a violation of essential safeguards against the arbitrary use of preventive detention laws, rendering their detention orders legally unsustainable.
In Tantray’s case, the court noted that while he had submitted a representation against his detention, he was never informed of the outcome.
The court held that the government’s failure to inform him promptly was sufficient grounds to invalidate the detention order.
“The petitions are allowed, and the impugned orders of detention are quashed. The detainees are directed to be released from preventive custody forthwith, provided they are not required in connection with any other case,” the court ordered.
