High Court Asks J&K Govt To Allow NC Leaders To Meet Omar, Farooq Abdullah

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Thursday asked authorities to arrange a meeting of two National Conference (NC) leaders with their detained party leaders Omar and Farooq Abdullah at the earliest. Hasnain Modi and Akbar Lone were the 2 petitioners who appealed in the HC to let the government meet their party leaders, HT reported. In their petition, they had said that they were not allowed to meet them. Justice Sanjeev Kumar asked Srinagar’s deputy commissioner Shahid Iqbal Chaudhary to convey the dates of the meeting to Hasnain Modi and Akbar Lone. He barred them from sharing the details with the press. Earlier, Justice Kumar allowed a petition seeking directions for their meetings with their party leaders. It had asked a government lawyer to seek instructions from the state government regarding the detention of NC party president, Farooq Abdullah and his son and vice president of the party, Omar Abdullah.