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J&K High Court Sets Final Hearing for Detained AAP MLA Mehraj Malik on Nov. 20

A filing defect that stalled the government's response has been cured in the challenge to the PSA detention of AAP’s J&K unit chief.

The HC directed the registry to place on record the replies filed by the government and directed the counsels for the government to make available the record on the next date of hearing-- November 20 (File)
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Overview

  • Justice Rajneesh Oswal listed Mehraj Malik’s habeas corpus petition for final consideration on November 20 in Jammu.
  • Government counsel said replies were filed but not on record due to an affidavit defect, then served copies in open court.
  • The court directed the registry to place the government’s replies on record and asked the state to produce the case record on the next date.
  • Malik, the MLA from Doda East and AAP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit president, was detained on September 8 under the Public Safety Act and lodged in Kathua jail.
  • He filed the petition on September 24 seeking quashing of the detention and Rs 5 crore in compensation, as his legal team criticized delays that keep a sitting MLA in custody.