SRINAGAR: The Supreme Court on Friday granted six more weeks to the Jammu and Kashmir government to provide data on Pakistani nationals detained under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978.
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan allowed the extension after authorities said records were lost during floods in the union territory. The matter will now be heard on July 25.
The court was hearing a plea filed by late JK National Panthers Party leader and senior advocate Bhim Singh, who had sought the release and deportation of Pakistani nationals detained under the Act.
Earlier, the court had raised concern over the continued detention of Pakistani citizens who had completed their sentences but remained in jail due to lack of repatriation arrangements. It had asked the government to devise a mechanism to prevent such prolonged detentions.
