J-K HC quashes PSA against AAP legislator Mehraj Malik

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday quashed the Public Safety Act (PSA) against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Mehraj Malik, a party spokesperson said. Malik, who is the AAP's Jammu and Kashmir unit president, was detained under the stringent PSA on September 8 last year for allegedly disturbing public order and was subsequently lodged in the Kathua jail. On September 24, he filed a habeas corpus petition in the high court, challenging his detention and seeking Rs 5 crore as compensation. On February 23, the high court had reserved its order in the case. ''The court pronounced its judgement in Mehraj Malik's case. His PSA has been quashed and it bolsters our faith in judiciary,'' AAP spokesperson Appu Singh Slathia told reporters after the hearing. Slathia was part of Malik's legal team.

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