J&K High Court quashes PSA detention order against Anantnag man over unexplained delays

Srinagar, Oct 10 (UNI) The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has quashed a preventive detention order under the Public Safety Act (PSA) against an Anantnag man, holding that unexplained delays of over a year in proposing his detention and four months in executing the order snapped the "live and proximate link" between the alleged activities and the need for preventive detention. Justice Rajesh Sekhri allowed a petition filed by Gulzar Ahmad Bhat, challenging the detention order dated January 30, 2025, passed by the District Magistrate, Anantnag, under the PSA. In a judgment pronounced on Friday, the court held…