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SC To Hear Plea On Omar Abudllah's Detention On Feb 14

Lawstreet Journal 12 Feb 2020 8:32pm

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Justice Shantanagaudar's recent decision to recuse himself as seen on 12th February, 2020 has lead the Supreme Court to defer the hearing on Sara Abdullah Pilot's petition to Friday - 14th of February, 2020. A new bench will be consituted therein. “I will not be part of this (matter)”, Justice Shantanagoudar said. The other judges on the bench today were Justices NV Ramana and Sanjiv Khanna.

Omar Abdullah's sister Sara Pilot has moved a Habeas Corpus petition and has urged the Supreme Court to order the release of Omar Abdullah who has been under detention for over a period of six months. The petition has been filed by Advocate Oragya Baghel and drawn by Advocate Shariq J Reyaz to which the petition has been settled by Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Gopal Sankaranaryanan 

In her petition, Pilot said: “That the dossier states that the capacity of the subject (detenu) to influence people for any cause ‘could be gauged from the fact that he was able to convince the electorate to come out and vote in huge numbers even during peak militancy and poll boycotts’. In other words, the detenu is accused of convincing people to participate in elections in huge numbers and exercise their democratic right to vote despite threats from militants.”

Pilot has further put forth in her prayers that the Court quash the fresh order of detention that was passed in February 2020 to detain Abdullah under the Public Safety Act of 1978. And has argued that Omar Abudllah has dedicated his… Continue Reading...


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