Public Safety Act

Jammu and Kashmir administration revokes stringent PSA against Shah Faesal, two PDP leaders

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday revoked the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA) against former IAS officer-turned-politician Shah Faesal and two PDP members

'Cruel and retrograde,' says Omar Abdullah after J&K administration extends detention of Mehbooba Mufti, two others under PSA by three months

Omar Abdullah slammed the Centre on Tuesday after the Jammu and Kashmir administration extended the detention of former chief minister and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti by another three months

In Bareilly jail, I was the guardian of all Kashmiris, says journalist Qazi Shibli after 9 months of detention under PSA

On 25 April, Qazi Shibli, a south Kashmir-based journalist and editor, returned home after nine month in a prison in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly

Supreme Court to hear plea against Omar Abdullah’s detention under Public Safety Act on 5 March

Supreme Court said it would hear on 5 March a plea filed by Sara Abdullah Pilot challenging the detention of her brother and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah under the Public Safety Act

Omar Abdullah demands Mehbooba Mufti be set free, says 'shifting her home while keeping her under detention is cop out'

Mehbooba, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, who has been detained under the Public Safety Act, was shifted from a make-shift jail to her 'Fairview' residence on Gupkar road here on Tuesday

Omar Abdullah, after release from detention, urges Centre to free political detainees, restore high-speed internet in wake of coronavirus outbreak

Omar Abdullah's release order was issued after charges under the Public Safety Act (PSA), slapped on him in February, were revoked

'Despotism, arbitrariness' constitute rule of law in Jammu and Kashmir, says P Chidambaram after UT releases Farooq Abdullah from detention

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday hit out at the Modi government for keeping former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah under detention for seven months, alleging that "despotism and arbitrariness" constitute the rule of law in the Union Territory

Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement leader Shah Faesal detained under stringent Public Safety Act

Former civil servant and chief of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples' Movement (JKPM) Shah Faesal has been booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) that allows detention without trial for up to three months and multiple extensions

Omar Abdullah's detention case: SC sends notice to Jammu and Kashmir admin on sister's plea challenging PSA charges

The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday on a plea filed by Sara Abdullah Pilot challenging the detention of her brother and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah under the Public Safety Act

PSA dossiers used to incarcerate Jammu and Kashmir’s politicians: Their sepia text comes through in Technicolor absurdity

Among the reasons given for detaining former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti under the stringent PSA are Abdullah's "considerable influence" over "gullible" masses, including the ability to attract voters to polling booths despite calls for boycott and Mufti's image among people as a "daddy's girl".