JAMMU — Aam Aadmi Party legislator Mehraj Malik was released from Kathua jail on Tuesday following the quashing of his detention under the Public Safety Act by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. Malik said that now that he had been released, he would continue to raise and talk about the issues of the people. […]
Tag: Public Safety Act (PSA)
J&K HC quashes PSA detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik
JAMMU — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday quashed the preventive detention of Aam Aadmi Party legislator Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA), holding that the order was legally unsustainable and based on “non-application of mind”. Setting aside the detention order issued by the Doda district magistrate against […]
Six booked under PSA in Sopore for disrupting student protest, vandalism
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — At least six persons have been booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Sopore town of Baramulla district for allegedly disrupting public order and indulging in vandalism during a recent student protest, police said on Friday. The accused have been identified as Umar Akbar Hajam, son of Mohammad Akbar, resident of […]
Man detained under PSA in Kathua for anti-national activities
JAMMU — A man allegedly involved in anti-national activities has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, police officials said. The accused has been identified as Romelu Singh. Police said the accused is a history-sheeter and involved in anti-national activities. Singh has been lodged in the Jammu district […]
High Court reserves order on AAP MLA Mehraj Malik’s PSA detention plea
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Monday reserved its order on a habeas corpus petition contesting the detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA). Malik, who is the president of Aam Aadmi Party’s Jammu and Kashmir unit, was detained on September 8 last year under […]
J&K HC to hear Mehraj Malik’s PSA case on Feb 19
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will hear next week AAP MLA Mehraj Malik’s petition challenging his detention under the controversial Public Safety Act. Justice Mohammad Yousuf Wani heard the arguments of state counsels Sunil Sethi and Monica Kohli on Thursday. The court listed the case for further hearing on […]
Three OGWs detained under PSA in Shopian, shifted to Kot Bhalwal Jail
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Saturday said they detained three Over Ground Workers (OGWs) under the provisions of the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Shopian district of South Kashmir and shifted them to Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu. The detained individuals have been identified as Owais Ahmad Lone of Sedow, Mashooq Ahmad Shah of Shahlatoo […]
Tarigami terms PSA ‘draconian’; seeks shifting of detainees to Srinagar
JAMMU — Senior CPI(M) leader and Kulgam MLA Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami on Friday criticised the continued use of the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir, calling it a “draconian and unlawful” measure that violates constitutional safeguards. “Even today, our country has rule of law. We have democracy, and a judicial system is in […]
Man accused of criminal, anti-social activities detained under PSA in Kathua
JAMMU — A man wanted for his alleged involvement in various criminal and anti-social activities was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Tuesday, police said. Pradeep Ambedkariya, who was named in four FIRs registered under various sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in the past two […]
Criminal detained under PSA in Kathua
JAMMU — A notorious criminal was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, police said Wednesday. Shammi Kumar, a resident of village Buddhi, is a habitual criminal involved in various illegal activities since 2018 and was slapped with PSA on the orders of the district magistrate after police […]




