Supreme Court seeks response from Central government on plea against shifting detenues from Jammu & Kashmir to jails in other States

The petitioners, whose family members have been detained under the Act, claimed that they have lost contact with the detenues after they were shifted to jails outside the Union Territory.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the Central government on a plea challenging shifting of persons detained under the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act (Act) from jails in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) to other States [Raja Begum & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.].

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Supreme Court of India

Jammu & Kashmir

Prisoners rights

decongestion of prisons