Jammu, Sep 24: High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Wednesday asked the J&K government to file reply, by or before October 14, 2025, to the notices served to respondents, following admission to the Habeas Corpus petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Doda East, Mehraj Malik challenging his detention under Public Safety Act (PSA).
Earlier, Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh at Jammu admitted MLA Doda East’s petition, seeking quashing of detention order No 05 of 2025 dated September 8, 2025 issued by District Magistrate, Doda under Section 8 of J&K Public Safety Act, 1978.
Malik, in his petition, has challenged his preventive detention order, issued by District Magistrate (DM), Doda, on several grounds, including his (DM’s) personal bias. He (Malik) has also claimed Rs 5 Cr compensation from the respondents for curtailing his personal liberty.
As the case came up for hearing on Wednesday (September 24, 2025), Justice Koul, after hearing senior advocate Rahul Pant with advocates Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed, Appu Singh Slathia, M Zulkarnain Chowdhary and Joginder Singh Thakur, issued post admission notices to the Principal Secretary to Government of J&K, Home Department; District Magistrate, Doda; SSP, Doda and Superintendent, District Jail, Kathua.
The notices were accepted by senior Additional Advocate General (AAG) Monika Kohli appearing for the Government of J&K.
