Sat 14 September 2019:
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court against the alleged illegal detention of children in Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370 and an unprecedented lockdown in the state.
The petition was filed by eminent child rights expert, Enakshi Ganguly and Professor Shanta Sinha, first Chairperson of the National Commission for Child Rights (NCPCR).
The petitioners have submitted that there have been certain reports specific to children, which describe violations that include loss of life and liberty and that the reports are serious enough to merit judicial review of the situation with respect to children and to enforce and monitor certain immediate corrective action.
The Supreme Court had earlier heard a bunch of petitions dealing with different aspects of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
While the petition filed by journalist Anuradha Bhasin alleged clampdown on press freedom in the Valley, other petitions pointed at the detentions of Kashmiri leaders and politicians along with regular citizens.
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