Srinagar, Oct. 1 -- The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court is set to constitute a three-judge special bench to hear a plea challenging the Lieutenant Governor's notification, which declared 25 books as forfeited.
On August 5, Jammu & Kashmir Home Department banned the publication of 25 books on Kashmir, including by authors such as Arundhati Roy and A G Noorani, saying they propagate "secessionism".
The other books include political commentaries and historical accounts such as The Kashmir Dispute 1947-2012 by noted constitutional expert Noorani, Kashmir at the Crossroads and Contested Lands by Sumantra Bose, In Search of a Future: The Kashmir Story by David Devadas, Roy's Azadi and A Dismantled State: The Untold Story of Kashmir After ...