HC stays Shopian court order on Siraj-ul-Uloom seminary, says students must not be disturbed

Srinagar, Nov 3 (UNI) The Jammy & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has stayed an order of a Shopian court that had set up an ad hoc committee to oversee Darul Uloom Jamia Siraj-ul-Uloom, the south Kashmir seminary declared an unlawful entity under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) earlier this year. A division bench of Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Mohd Yousuf Wani passed the order on November 2 on a petition filed by the union Territory of J&K and others against the Siraj-ul-Uloom Welfare Foundation, Hillow, and another respondent. The bench issued notice, which was waived by counsel…