Transfer cases of prisoners sent from the jails of Jammu and Kashmir to the jails of other states were referred to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.

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New Delhi: While hearing the matter of transfer of more than 20 prisoners who were sent from the jails of Jammu and Kashmir to the jails of other states, the Supreme Court has referred the matter to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said that since the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act is pending in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, the High Court should hear the matter.

During the hearing, the central government told the court that the case of more than 20 prisoners sent to prisons outside the union territory under the Public Safety Act of Jammu and Kashmir was related to national security.

In fact, a petition filed by Raja Begum, a resident of Srinagar and three others, opposed the transfer of 20 prisoners outside Jammu and Kashmir jails, saying that sending them to jails in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana was against Jammu law. and Kashmir. By violating which he has been made captive.