AGENCIES/ NEW DELHI
The Supreme Court has today allowed former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter to meet her in Srinagar. Ms Mehbooba is under detention following abrogation of Article 370.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi allowed Mehbooba’s daughter Iltija, to meet her. In her petition, Iltija had submitted that she is concerned about her mother’s health. Meanwhile, the Apex Court has fixed September 16 to hear pleas of the Kashmir Times Editor and others on alleged communication blockade in Jammu and Kashmir.
Anuradha Bhasin, Executive Editor of Kashmir Times, told a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that even after a month of the scrapping of Article 370, journalists were not allowed to move freely in the state.
However, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court that editors of Kashmir Times chose not to publish their newspaper while a large number of newspapers are being published from Srinagar. Attorney General K K Venugopal told the court that step by step relaxation was being allowed in Jammu and Kashmir.