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Address ‘every question’ on curbs, SC tells J&K govt.
Why in news?
- The Jammu and Kashmir government on 21 Nov claimed in the Supreme Court that the situation following the abrogation of special rights of Kashmiri people is being “so beautifully handled that even a farmer does not lose a single penny”.
More in news
- SC had asked government to address “each and every question” raised by petitioners about restrictions on the freedom of movement and communication imposed in Jammu & Kashmir since August 5.
- Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, dismissed petitioners’ “hyperbolic” claim that the “clampdown” had cast a shadow of doubt over a population of “seven million people” and reduced them to a state of imprisonment, reasoned the prohibitory orders issued under Section 144 CrPC, restricting liberties of citizens, were meant to protect their right to life.
- Section 144 CrPC was a preventive measure to maintain public peace and tranquility.
Sources
The Hindu