Srinagar, Oct. 13 -- The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh today issued notice to JK Home Department on four petitions challenging the ban on books spreading "false narratives and secessionism," but it refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation in the matter.
The PIL had been moved by CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, stating that the same was not in 'public interest'.
A three-judge special bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Palli, Justice Rajnesh Oswal and Justice Shahzad Azeem issued notices on four petitions challenging the government's notification on August 5 forfeiting 25 books for allegedly propagating "false narratives and secessionism."The petitions challenging the Home Department's notification ordering the...