Srinagar, Oct. 11 -- The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has constituted a three-judge Full Bench to hear a batch of petitions challenging the government's order forfeiting 25 books for allegedly propagating "false narratives and secessionism."The Bench, headed by the Chief Justice and comprising Justices Rajnesh Oswal and Shahzad Azeem, is scheduled to take up the matter on Monday.
The constitution of the Full Bench follows the court's earlier observation on September 30, when it had agreed to consider setting up a three-judge bench to examine the legality of what the petitioners termed the "sweeping and unreasoned forfeiture" of the books.
The petitions, filed separately by journalist David Devadas, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf ...