Supreme Court Seeks Response From Jammu And Kashmir On Plea Against Detention Of NRI Businessman

The petition has been filed by Asifa Mubeen, wife of Mubeen Ahmad Shah, seeking quashing of the August 7 order of detention. The Supreme Court Friday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to respond to a plea by a Malaysia-based NRI businessman’s wife challenging the detention of her husband following the abrogation of Article 370.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi agreed to hear the plea, which has sought a direction to the authorities to produce the businessman before the court and asked the state administration to file its response within two weeks. Issue notice, returnable within two weeks, said the bench, also comprising Justices S A Bobde and S A Nazeer.

The petition has been filed by Asifa Mubeen, wife of Mubeen Ahmad Shah, seeking quashing of the August 7 order of detention along with the grounds of detention under section 8(1)(a) of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978. In her plea, she has said that her husband is currently lodged at Agra Central jail and he has been “wrongfully deprived” of liberty.