Can detention be forever? Supreme Court raps Centre over ex-J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti’s detention under PSA
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that detention cannot be forever and asked the Centre to clear whether former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti`s detention under the under Public Safety Act (PSA) has extended beyond a year. The remarks were made by a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul during the hearing of Iltija Mufti`s plea challenging her mother`s and People`s Democratic Party (PDP) leader`s detention order under PSA and its subsequent extensions. Justice Kaul queried Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, "How long Mufti has been in…