Source: National Herald
A PIL has been filed before the J&K High Court in the case of Mustafa MH v. Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir challenging the constitutional validity of Section 18 of Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act of 1978 which prescribes the maximum period of preventive detention allowed under the Act.
It was contended that after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, Section 18 is hit by Article 22(7) of the Constitution which does not apply to J&K. A Bench comprising of Justices Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Javed Iqbal Wani sought Union Territory of J&K’s response on the petition