Srinagar, March 17 -- Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Monday quashed the preventive detention of former Bar President Nazir Ahmad Ronga.
Ronga was arrested after a midnight raid at his house in Srinagar on July 10, 2024. He was later booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA)- under which a person can be jailed upto two years without a trial.
Justice Sanjay Dhar while quashing the preventive detention of Ronga said the allegations levelled against the petitioner on the grounds of detention are vague, ambiguous and lacking in material particulars.
The Court found that the District Magistrate, Srinagar, did not apply his mind while passing the detention order.
"In the present case, the detaining authority has not referred to any in...