Detenue Not Supplied With Documents Relied Upon By Authority: J&K HC Quashes Preventive Detention [Read Judgment]

The Srinagar Wing of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday allowed the habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of detenue Masood Ahmad Bhat, on account of authority's failure to supply him a copy of the detention order. The petition was decided by Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey who quashed the preventive detention dated January 22 and directed his release forthwith. Bhat...