Abdul Gani Awan Alias Khan Molvi v. Union Territory of J and K and Ors. (Home Department)
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of J&K and Ladakh at Srinagar; HCP 22/2024; habeas corpus; preventive detention; detention Order No. 18/DMB/PSA of 2023 dated 28.10.2023 by District Magistrate Bandipora; detention to prevent acts prejudicial to security of UT of Jammu and Kashmir; maximum detention period of two years expired; order outlived its life; petition disposed of as infructuous; judge Vinod Chatterji Koul; decided 01.12.2025; GA Jahingeer A Dar for respondents; attested by Imtiyaz Ul Gani 04.12.2025.
What did the court decide?
In view of the respondents' counsel's submission that the maximum two-year detention period had already expired, the petition is rendered infructuous with the afflux of time and is accordingly disposed of. ¶16