Public Safety Act

Mehbooba Mufti's Detention Under Public Safety Act Extended By 3 Months

India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Sumana Nandy | Tuesday May 5, 2020

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, under detention since August 5 last year, has been booked under the stringent Public Safety Act for another three months.

Mehbooba Mufti To Approach J&K Stakeholders "Once Free", Tweets Daughter Iltija

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 7, 2020

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti will approach all stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir to formulate a joint strategy for moving forward once she is released from detention under Public Safety Act (PSA), her daughter Iltija Mufti said on Tuesday.

Mehbooba Mufti Shifted To Her Residence, But Detention Continues

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 7, 2020

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, at present detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA), was shifted from a make-shift jail to her residence, officials said in Srinagar today.

Farooq Abdullah Meets Son Omar After 7 Months In Detention

India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday March 14, 2020

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, released yesterday after being detained for over seven months under the draconian Public Safety Act (PSA), met his son, Omar Abdullah, today in a Srinagar sub-jail.

"Welcome To Freedom," P Chidambaram Tweets On Farooq Abdullah's Release

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday March 13, 2020

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday hit out at the Modi government for detaining former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah for seven months and alleged that "despotism and arbitrariness" constitute the rule of law in the Union Territory.

"Step In Right Direction": Shashi Tharoor On Farooq Abdullah's Release

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Friday March 13, 2020

Political leaders on Friday welcomed the revocation of the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) imposed on National Conference patron and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah. While Mr Abdullah's party, the National Conference (NC), termed his release a "step in the right direction towards restoring genuine political process in J...

"I Am Free": Farooq Abdullah Released From 7-Month Detention

India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday March 13, 2020

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, released today after over seven months in house arrest, said: "Today I don't have words, the way I feel today, I am free..." But he added that this freedom would not be complete unless all the leaders in detention were freed.

Farooq Abdullah To Be Released After Over 7 Months In Detention

India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday March 13, 2020

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah will be released after over seven months in custody under the Public Safety Act or PSA, a stringent law that allows detention without trial.

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Against Omar Abdullah Detention On March 5

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday March 2, 2020

The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear on March 5 a plea filed by Sara Abdullah Pilot challenging the detention of her brother and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah under the Public Safety Act (PSA).

Top Court Notice To J&K Administration Over Mehbooba Mufti's Detention

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Wednesday February 26, 2020

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija Javed has challenged her detention and charges under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) before the Supreme Court.

I Pray For Early Release Of Abdullahs, Mehbooba Mufti: Rajnath Singh

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday February 23, 2020

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that he is praying for the early release of three former chief ministers of Jammu & Kashmir from their detention and hoping that they will contribute to normalizing situation in Kashmir.

J&K Leader Shah Faesal Detained Under Stringent Public Safety Act

India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday February 15, 2020

Shah Faesal, the 2010 Indian Administrative Service topper from Jammu and Kashmir whose detention after scrapping of special status to Jammu and Kashmir triggered outrage, has been booked under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) that allows detention without trial for up to three months and multiple extensions.

"China Has Coronavirus, Kashmir Has...": PDP Leader On Public Safety Act

India News | ANI | Friday February 14, 2020

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Fayaz Ahmad Mir compared the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir with the coronavirus in China by claiming people were afraid to talk about both the issues.

Supreme Court Judge Recuses Himself From Hearing Plea Challenging Omar Abdullah's Detention

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 12, 2020

Supreme Court judge Justice MM Shantanagoudar today recused himself from hearing the plea filed by Sara Abdullah Pilot challenging detention of her brother and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act.

PDP Leader Naeem Akhtar Charged Under Public Safety Act

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 11, 2020

Senior PDP leader Naeem Akhtar has been charged under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) for exhorting people to read Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's book while he was the state's education minister, among other reasons, according to a dossier accessed by news agency IANS.