IOK HCBA to challenge HC's judgment in Mian Qayoom's case.

SRINAGAR -- In occupied Kashmir, the High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has decided to challenge the High Court's judgment of rejecting the appeal for release of the Bar President, Mian Abdul Qayoom, from illegal detention under draconian law, Public Safety Act (PSA). Mian Abdul Qayoom was booked under draconian law, Public Safety Act, in August, last year. Initially he was lodged in Srinagar central jail wherefrom he was shifted to Agra jail in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He was, then, shifted to Delhi's Tihar Jail after he suffered a heart attack in Agra jail. The High Court had last week dismissed the petition seeking release of the HCBA President, who has been detained in false cases registered against him in 2010 for his political ideology and stance regarding the Kashmir dispute.

The HCBA in a statement issued after a meeting of its...