Supreme Court to shortly hear Iltija Mufti's plea challenging her mother’s
& People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Mehbooba Mufti's detention order under Public Safety Act (PSA) and its subsequent extensions.
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Iltija says the foremost reason cited for continued detention, now under PSA, is that her mother had declined to sign a bond or “surety”.
Further the plea says that despite its order in February, Jammu and Kashmir administration is yet to file a reply.
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The Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy will take up the matter for hearing shortly.
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Hearing begins.
SG Tushar Mehta informs the Court that a reply has been filed.
"We were a little late in filing."
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Senior Counsel Nitya Ramakrishna for the petitioner says she has received the reply and can proceed.
SG Mehta urges the Court to go through the reply.
Justice Kaul says that the Court needs to go through the reply and "will have to see what is to be done"
Justice Kaul asks Petitioner: Do you want to file a rejoinder?
Nitya Ramakrishnan: If Your Lordships fix a short date, then I can file a rejoinder.
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SC notes that one of the prayers in the application was for direction for the government to file a reply.
The reply has now been received.
Another prayer in the application pertains to permission to meet her family.
Nitya Ramakrishana: Even in prisons people are allowed to meet people.
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SC grants time to the government to file its reply on the amended application.
Justice Kaul poses a question to SG Mehta: How long has the detention been for and under what grounds? Can the detention be extended beyond one year.
SG Mehta: On public order grounds.
Justice Kaul: We want to know for how long can such detention be extended. Can it be prolonged for so long?
(SG Mehta urges the Court not to record any observations)
Justice Kaul: These observations are our questions for you
SG Mehta: I will address My Lords on questions on facts and law.
(Mehta seeks to highlight the statements made by Mufti to buttress the point of public order)
Justice Kaul: In exuberance, you say a lot of things that ought not to be said.
SG Mehta: Such things ought not to be said in State with a history of militancy.
The Court fixes the next date for hearing in the matter on October 15.
Centre allowed to file its reply on the amended plea.
Center to address SC on the questions of the maximum period for which the detention can go on, and whether the detention is proposed to be continued.
Can detention be extended beyond one year? Supreme Court asks Centre how long it proposes to extend Mehbooba Mufti's detention
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