On Saturday, Farooq drove from his residence to nearby Hari Nivas where his son is kept under preventive custody
After the revocation of his detention order yesterday, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah today (Saturday) met his son Omar Abdullah at the place where he is detained in Srinagar under Public Safety Act (PSA).
After his release, Farooq requested the J&K administration's permission to see his son for the first time after serving 7 months of detention. On Saturday, Farooq drove from his residence to nearby Hari Nivas where his son is kept under preventive custody.
Six months after top leaders from Jammu and Kashmir were put under preventive custody, the Union Territory administration on February 5 slapped stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) on former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah and two other politicians from National Conference and PDP.
Meanwhile, Farooq Abdullah's daughter Sara Abdullah had filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging Omar Abdullah's detention.
In the petition, Sara Pilot observed that there are no "material facts which are imperative for an order of detention."
"The grounds for the detention order are wholly lacking any material facts or particulars which are imperative for an order of detention," the plea pointed out.
"It is rare that those who have served the nation as members of Parliaments, Chief Ministers of state, ministers in the union and have also stood by the national aspirations of India are now perceived as a threat to the state," the plea further stated.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration's order effectively released Farooq Abdullah from house arrest and it means that he can take part in parliament session from March 16 onwards. He was kept under house arrest since September 15, 2019, a month after the abrogation of article 370.
Abdullah's detention period was extended by another three months under the Public Safety act (PSA) in the month of December last year.
On August 5, the government had detained several mainstream leaders to avoid mass mobilisation against the decision that removed the special status of Jammu & Kashmir and divided it into two union territories.
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