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October 19, 2025, 06:58 PM - 2 min read
At a time when a fresh furore has arisen at the political level over PSA in J&K, People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Sunday said the Public Safety Act (PSA) is a draconian law that has been used with impunity by all chief ministers and governors of Jammu and Kashmir. Omar Abdullah's statement a day back that he would revoke the law as soon as statehood is restored trigerred political reactions over the issue.
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October 19, 2025, 04:09 PM - 3 min read
The Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, in a recent judgement has quashed the detention of Mohd Waqar alias Waqar H Bhatti of Rajouri, who had been held under the Public Safety Act (PSA), calling the order “arbitrary” and passed “without application of mind.”
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September 24, 2025, 04:39 PM - 3 min read
A day after cabinet recommended convening of Assembly session in J&K, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the forthcoming assembly must hold discussions on the alleged abuse of the Public safety Act, and blow to tourism and the Union Territory’s horticulture industry, listing these as key issues of the UT.
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September 14, 2025, 03:54 PM - 3 min read
At a time when Kashmir based parties are raking up the issue of slapping PSA on sitting MLA Mehraj Malik as unwarranted, Opposition PDP has described it as black law, alleging Public Safety Act (PSA) has always been “misused” against the people of Jammu and Kashmir, and it is time to 'reconsider' it seriously.
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September 13, 2025, 03:41 PM - 3 min read
The High Court of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh has set aside the Public Safety Act (PSA) detention of a man from Anantnag, observing that he had been held under “mistaken identity", after he spent over one year as jail term.
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September 13, 2025, 02:47 PM - 2 min read
National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah, on Saturday, came in support of the detained MLA under the Public Safety Act (PSA), terming it an unjustified step that could have been resolved through dialogue.
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September 11, 2025, 04:17 PM - 3 min read
The district remains tense following the detention of over 80 people and violent clashes between protesters and security forces after AAP MLA Mehraj Malik was arrested under the Public Safety Act (PSA) on Monday.
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September 11, 2025, 02:43 PM - 2 min read
Farooq also urged Malik to withdraw his remarks against the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Doda. He described Malik’s behaviour with the Deputy Commissioner of Doda as regrettable and avoidable.
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September 11, 2025, 10:33 AM - 4 min read
Shamas Din Malik, father of detained Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Doda, Mehraj Malik, has made an emotional appeal for his son’s release after he was booked under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978, on grounds that his activities were prejudicial to the maintenance of public order.
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