SC Seeks Response From Centre, Jammu And Kashmir, On Vaiko's Petition For Release Of Farooq Abdullah

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has sought a response to the plea by Vaiko, in which he sought that National Conference Leader Adbullah be allowed to attend an event in Chennai.The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir administration on the habeas corpus petition moved by MDMK chief, Vaiko, seeking the release of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has sought a response to the plea by Vaiko, in which he sought that National Conference Leader Adbullah be allowed to attend an event in Chennai. Abdullah has been under the preventive detention in Srinagar after the central government revoked the special Constitutional status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir.