Srinagar, Aug. 8 -- Srinagar- The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar has quashed the preventive detention of a Shopian resident under the Public Safety Act (PSA), holding that the detention order was based on vague and unsupported allegations and suffered from lack of independent application of mind by the Detaining Authority.

A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Muhammad Yousuf Wani passed the judgment on Aug 6, 2026, allowing a Letters Patent Appeal filed by Abdul Basit Paul of Chotipora, Shopian, against the dismissal of his habeas corpus petition by the Writ Court.

Paul had been detained pursuant to detention order No. 191/DMS/PSA/2024 dated Sept 12, 2024, issued by the Distric...