Thursday, February 19, 2026

Topic: PSA

Endangered democracy and bureaucratic autocracy in J&K: Reflections on arrest of Mehraj Malik MLA

The legislator, a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), Mehraj Malik from the Doda constituency in the Chenab Valley region, represents a constituency of an area historically marred by systematic neglect, developmental disparity, and entrenched corruption.

“3,000 arrests, 100 PSA detentions”: Mehbooba Mufti questions indiscriminate crackdown in Valley post-Pahalgam attack

Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party chief and former Jammu and Kahsmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has questioned the "indiscriminate crackdown" carried out by several security agencies in the aftermath of Pahalgam militant attack.

Jammu and Kashmir High Court quashes preventive detention of Advocate Mian Muzaffar

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday quashed the preventive detention of advocate Mian Muzaffar who was detained in July last year. Justice...

Kashmir lawyer arrested in midnight raid, charged under draconian PSA, sent to jail

Advocate Nazir Ahmad Ronga, a prominent figure in the Valley and former president of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (HCBA), has been arrested under the draconian Public Safety Act (PSA).

Former Jamaat-e-Islami leader Zahid Ali re-arrested within weeks after J&K HC declared his detention illegal”

The Jammu and Kashmir Police have re-arrested advocate Zahid Ali, ex-spokesman of the banned socio-religious group, Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), on May 16, according to a...

“Process as punishment”: Press Club of India condemns arrest of Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan

The Press Club of India and Press Association on Monday released a statement expressing their concern over the unfair incarceration of award-winning Kashmiri journalist...