FIR over social media criticism of J&K HC verdict

SRINAGAR : The J&K Police have registered a case against unknown persons who according to them had criticised a recent judgment on social media which was passed against J&K High Court Bar Association president, Mian Abdul Qayoom.

ShaheedGanj police had received information from reliable sources that certain comments have been uploaded on social media in respect of a recent judgment passed by the division bench of the HC, in a case titled as Mian Abdul Quyoom vs Union Territory of J&K and others, dismissing the habeas corpus petition. “It prima-facie reveals that the comments so uploaded on social media had been made with the intention not only to disrepute the HC but also causing disharmony in the public and thereby making an attempt at dissuading them from reposing faith in the institution of judiciary. The comments are also aimed to push the miscreants to cause public disorder in the society,” the statement said adding that case has been lodged under the relevant sections of law.

Last month the HC had asked incarcerated Qayoom if he would like to shun his ‘secessionist’ ideology and then left it to the government to take a decision after such a representation.