From now onwards , people from Jammu and Kashmir booked under The Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act , could be lodged in any jail outside Jammu and Kashmir. In other words, they no longer could get the protection, legal or otherwise, against this decision which used to be there for decades as the same has been revoked by the Union Home Ministry by means of an amendment.
It may be recalled that Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act was introduced in 1978 by the then Chief Minister Sheikh Abdullah in the then State , exactly on the lines and pattern of National Security Act used by the Central and other State Governments. However, this Act has largely being used in connection with the cases where sensitive matters like security of the state (now UT) and maintenance of Public Order were involved. The need of the Act was felt in its continuation even after the bifurcation of the state . Section 10 of the Act which provided a protection to the accused from being lodged outside Jammu and Kashmir stood removed. Now the detainees could be easily lodged in jails outside the UT. An Advisory Board to monitor such detentions would be appointed by the Government in consultations with the Chief Justice of the High Court.
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