Archive · 24 Sep 2025
High Court Admits AAP MLA's Habeas Corpus Petition
An elected official named Mehraj Malik has been put in jail under a law called the Public Safety Act.
He is asking the court to let him out.
He says the people who put him in jail were unfair and is asking for money.
The court has agreed to hear his case and has asked the government for their side of the story.
The court will make a decision at the next hearing.
AAP MLA Mehraj Malik filed a petition challenging his detention.
The detention was ordered under the Public Safety Act.
The High Court admitted the Habeas Corpus petition on Wednesday.
Malik seeks to quash the detention and ₹5 crore in compensation.
The case will be heard again on October 14.
- Who
- AAP MLA Mehraj Malik
- What
- Challenging his detention under the Public Safety Act.
- When
- Detained September 8; Court admitted petition on Wednesday
- Where
- Jammu & Kashmir High Court
- Why
- Malik challenges the detention citing personal bias and curtailment of personal liberty.
- Plaintiff
- Mehraj Malik, AAP MLA
- Detention Order
- Issued by District Magistrate, Doda
- Detention Law
- J&K Public Safety Act, 1978
- Hearing Date
- October 14
- Relief Sought
- Quashing of detention; ₹5 crore compensation