The former Union Minister Saifuddin has been detained since August 5, 2019
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to respond to a petition challenging the house arrest/detention of senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Saifuddin Soz for the past 10 months.
The habeas corpus petition filed by his wife Mumtazunnisa Soz sought to know his whereabouts.
A virtual court Bench led by Justice Arun Mishra listed the case for the second week of July.
Mr. Soz has been detained since August 5, 2019 when the special rights given to Kashmiri people under Article 370 was abrogated and the State of Jammu and Kashmir was reorganised into the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh.
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“Ten months have passed since his first detention, and he is yet to be informed of his grounds of detention. All efforts by him to obtain a copy of the detention order(s) have been of no avail due to the illegal, arbitrary exercise of