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Updated September 30th, 2019 at 13:07 IST

SC refuses to entertain Vaiko's habeas corpus plea for Farooq Abdullah

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to further entertain Rajya Sabha MP Vaiko's habeas corpus plea for former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah.

Reported by: Navashree Nandini
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Even 55 days after the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to further entertain Rajya Sabha MP Vaiko's habeas corpus plea seeking production of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah. Vaiko had after the abrogation of Article 370, filed a plea in the apex court seeking production of Farooq Abdullah before it. The CJI also also said the MDMK leader can challenge the detention order of the NC chief before the appropriate authority. under the Public Safety Act.

"He (Abdullah) is under detention under the Public Safety Act," a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi told Vaiko's counsel. The bench also comprised of justices SA Bobde and SA Nazeer. Vaiko's counsel questioned the conduct of Jammu and Kashmir administration. It also claimed that few minutes before the scheduled hearing in the apex court on September 16,  Abdullah was detained under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act.

READ: Farooq Abdullah detained under Jammu and Kashmir's Public Safety Act

Farooq Abdullah detained

NC chief Farooq Abdullah has been booked under the "Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA) on Sunday night. Kashmir sources of Republic Media Network have informed that the Home Ministry detained the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir after declaring his house as a subsidiary jail. While there is no bar on meeting relatives and friends, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister will continue to stay in his house. As per the PSA provisions, the government could detain a person for up to two years, although, for 'first-time offenders' the length of the detention is limited to six months. However, in the case of "no improvement in the conduct of the detainee," the detention can be extended to its full course of two years. The PSA act was initially promulgated during Sheikh Abdullah, the father of Farooq Abdullah's tenure. 

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Published September 30th, 2019 at 12:13 IST

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