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The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly connected Monday (October 27, 2025) witnessed bedlam implicit the contented of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik's detention nether the Public Safety Act (PSA).
NC MLA from Banihal, Sajjad Shaheen, demanded a one-hour treatment connected the Doda MLA's detention past period nether the stringent act.
However, BJP MLA from Udhampur East, R.S. Pathania, said invoking PSA is simply a territory magistrate's prerogative.
This led to an uproar from galore members from the treasury benches, and the lone Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) MLA from Langate, Sheikh Khursheed. The members were up connected their seats.
Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather roseate from his chair, directing the members to instrumentality their seats.
Independent MLA from Shopian, Shabir Kullay, protested and tried to participate the good of the House.
However, the Speaker said cipher volition participate the well, asking the members to support the decorum of the House.
"Let him [Pathania] talk adjacent if you don't similar what helium says," the Speaker added, and allowed the BJP MLA to continue.
Mr. Pathania said an contented that is pending adjudication earlier the tribunal of instrumentality cannot beryllium discussed successful the House.
Responding to this, NC MLA from Gurez, Nazir Ahmad Khan Gurezi, asked, "Will this authorities beryllium tally by DCs?" A idiosyncratic tin beryllium booked nether the PSA with an administrative bid passed either by the divisional commissioner (DC) oregon the territory magistrate (DM).
"If Malik had done thing anti-national, we ne'er supported it and volition ne'er support. [But], tin a DC nonstop anyone to jail? Today, it is Malik; tomorrow, it tin beryllium anybody. It tin beryllium you. This House is supreme. We tin sermon the issue," Mr. Gurezi said.
He besides demanded that a committee beryllium formed to probe whether Mr. Malik warranted the detention.
People's Conference (PC) MLA from Handwara, Sajad Lone, called PSA a "black law".
"PSA against Malik is unjustified," Mr. Lone added.
Amidst the din, Speaker Rather said if thing is pending earlier the tribunal of law, "it cannot beryllium allowed [to beryllium discussed] successful the House".
The Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act is simply a preventive detention instrumentality that allows the State authorities to detain a idiosyncratic for up to 2 years without a trial.
