Detention Based on 5-Year-Old FIR Indicates Absence of Proximate Link; Preventive Detention Order Under Public Safety Act Quashed: Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar has set aside a preventive detention order issued against Sajad Ahmad Bhat, aged 27 years, resident of Drabgam, Rajpora, Pulwama, who had been detained under Order No. 07/DMP/PSA/25 dated 30.04.2025, passed by the District Magistrate, Pulwama. The petition, filed through his father-in-law Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, challenged the detention as being illegal and unconstitutional under the Jammu and Kashmir Public…