SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir excessive courtroom upheld on Thursday the detention of a lady underneath the Public Security Act. The girl is accused by authorities of being an “overground employee (OGW) who had shut contact with Musaib Lakhvi, the nephew of Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi”, the 26/11 Mumbai assaults mastermind and LeT co-founder.Appellant Shaista Maqbool was detained on April 4, 2023 underneath Part 8 of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Security Act primarily based on a file ready by the SSP of Bandipora, north Kashmir. She filed a writ petition difficult the detention order, which the HC dismissed on Could 23, 2025.In her attraction earlier than a division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajnesh Oswal, Maqbool argued that the grounds of detention didn't specify any dates, months, or years of the alleged unlawful actions. She contended that the detention order was primarily based on obscure allegations and, due to this fact, couldn't justify her detention underneath the PSA. Nevertheless, the bench dominated that when the detaining authority has glad itself primarily based on the fabric earlier than it, the sufficiency of that materials to justify detention underneath preventive detention legislation lies past the scope of judicial evaluate.The courtroom noticed that authorities had particularly recognized the people with whom the appellant was allegedly in touch. Subsequently, it couldn't be mentioned that the detention was primarily based on obscure or ambiguous grounds. “As such, this rivalry of the appellant is discovered to be misconceived,” the bench mentioned.“It must be famous that unlawful actions attributed to the appellant, as talked about within the grounds of detention, aren't dedicated within the public gaze however discreetly and furtively, and it isn't doable to get concrete proof to determine the identical,” the bench mentioned.
