J-K HC Quashes PSA Against AAP Legislator Mehraj Malik

High Court Orders Release Of J&K AAP MLA Detained Under Public Safety Act

Mehraj Malik was arrested under this law in September last year after he had some heated argument with the district magistrate of Doda

J&K court orders release of AAP MLA after 8 months of jail, says ‘PSA appears an unjustified exercise’

J&K High Court releases AAP MLA Mehraj Din Malik after eight months, deeming his detention unjustified under the Public Safety Act.

J&K HC quashes PSA detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Mali, says legally unsustainable

Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday, April 27, quashed the preventive detention of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 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 Malik on September 8 last year, Justice Mohd Yousuf Wani directed authorities to “re…

J-K HC quashes PSA against AAP legislator Mehraj Malik

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday quashed the Public Safety Act PSA against Aam Aadmi Party AAP legislator Mehraj Malik, a party spokesperson said. Malik, who is the AAPs Jammu and Kashmir unit president, was detained under the stringent PSA on September 8 last year for allegedly disturbing public order and was subsequently lodged in the Kathua jail.

J-K High Court quashes AAP MLA Mehraj Malik’s detention under Public Safety Act

Malik, the first MLA in J-K to be detained under PSA, has been in Kathua jail for around seven months

J&K High Court quashes Public Safety Act detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik

There was no evidence to show that the legislator, detained in September, was ‘likely to act in any manner prejudicial’ to public order, the court held.