Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has stayed the shifting of Hurriyat executive
member Syed Ali Shah Geelani to a jail in J&K from Ranchi in Jharkhand.
Staying its earlier order to shift Geelani to a jail in the state, the court on
September 11 allowed the state government's plea that counsel Ghulam Mustafa was not
authorised to represent the case as Senior Additional Advocate General Ishaq Qadri
has been appointed for the job, Geelani's lawyer Zafar Shah told reporters on
September 13.
On September 4, the High Court had admitted Shah's plea allowing Geelani's shifting
to a state jail from Ranchi on the ground of failing health, Shah said.
Shah said the court also put aside his argument that under the amendment made to the
state Constitution, the residents of Jammu and Kashmir cannot be lodged in jails
outside the state for crimes committed in the state.
Meanwhile, a Hurriyat spokesman alleged that the state government was creating
hurdles in the shifting of Geelani, ignoring his failing health.
"We strongly condemn this action of the state government," the spokesman added.
PTI
