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April 22, 2019 | BK NEWS DESK/SRINAGAR

The Supreme Court of India will hear a plea challenging the ban imposed on civilian traffic for two days on Srinagar-Jammu highway in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi will hear the plea, official sources said. According to reports, a writ petition was filed by J&K Awami National Conference (ANC) vice-president Muzzafar Shah which was admitted by the court.
"Chief Justice of India will hear the plea challenging National highway ban in Kashmir on Monday at 10.30 am in Court No 1 of the Supreme Court," sources said.
Shah had pleaded that they are filing petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of J&K, seeking a writer of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ, Direction or order pursuing quashing of order bearing number 353-Home(ISA) of 2019 dated 3-4-2019.
The plea says the the highway ban order has completely disqualified civilian movement of traffic 2 days each week from dawn to dusk till 31-5-2019. "The plea will come on for hearing on Monday," Shah said.
Meanwhile, ordinary commuters continued to suffer in the Valley as the civilian traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu highway was suspended on Sunday in view of two-day weekly ban to allow secure movement of security force convoy.
However, the restrictions imposed on civilian traffic between Srinagar and Baramulla in north Kashmir has been limited to only Sundays with effect from Monday although the two-day restriction in week on Srinagar-Jammu national highway will continue.
Despite ban on civilian traffic on the highway on Sundays and Wednesdays in a week, the security forces were continuing their convoy movements on the highway on all days of the week.
Meanwhile, business in weekly Sunday market, which used to attract thousands of customers from different part of the valley, was badly affected due to the ban as all the districts in the valley are interconnected with the national highway.
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court (HC) on Friday sought the government's response on allegations of non-compliance with an administrative decision to issue travel passes for civilian traffic movement in case of emergencies the ban.
The highway wore a deserted look with only security forces, state police and Army personnel deployed in strength to prevent people from moving towards the highway though it is said that security force convoy, which left Jammu, will enter Kashmir only in the afternoon.
But district authorities have appointed nodal officers to help people to cross the highway at important places. Majority of the political parties in the state, including National Conference (NC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Congress, have opposed the ban and demanded its immediate revocation. Three former chief ministers, including NC president Farooq Abdullah, vice-president Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, even staged protest demonstrations separately on the highway against the ban.
The state’s home department had imposed restrictions earlier this month on civilian movement on the National Highway, connecting Jammu to Srinagar, saying that the order was passed to ensure adequate security to the movement of security force convoys, while at the same time, minimising public inconvenience.(With UNI inputs)

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Supreme Court to hear plea challenging highway ban today

Commuters continue to suffer, traders aghast

 

 

April 22, 2019 | BK NEWS DESK/SRINAGAR

The Supreme Court of India will hear a plea challenging the ban imposed on civilian traffic for two days on Srinagar-Jammu highway in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi will hear the plea, official sources said. According to reports, a writ petition was filed by J&K Awami National Conference (ANC) vice-president Muzzafar Shah which was admitted by the court.
"Chief Justice of India will hear the plea challenging National highway ban in Kashmir on Monday at 10.30 am in Court No 1 of the Supreme Court," sources said.
Shah had pleaded that they are filing petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of J&K, seeking a writer of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ, Direction or order pursuing quashing of order bearing number 353-Home(ISA) of 2019 dated 3-4-2019.
The plea says the the highway ban order has completely disqualified civilian movement of traffic 2 days each week from dawn to dusk till 31-5-2019. "The plea will come on for hearing on Monday," Shah said.
Meanwhile, ordinary commuters continued to suffer in the Valley as the civilian traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu highway was suspended on Sunday in view of two-day weekly ban to allow secure movement of security force convoy.
However, the restrictions imposed on civilian traffic between Srinagar and Baramulla in north Kashmir has been limited to only Sundays with effect from Monday although the two-day restriction in week on Srinagar-Jammu national highway will continue.
Despite ban on civilian traffic on the highway on Sundays and Wednesdays in a week, the security forces were continuing their convoy movements on the highway on all days of the week.
Meanwhile, business in weekly Sunday market, which used to attract thousands of customers from different part of the valley, was badly affected due to the ban as all the districts in the valley are interconnected with the national highway.
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court (HC) on Friday sought the government's response on allegations of non-compliance with an administrative decision to issue travel passes for civilian traffic movement in case of emergencies the ban.
The highway wore a deserted look with only security forces, state police and Army personnel deployed in strength to prevent people from moving towards the highway though it is said that security force convoy, which left Jammu, will enter Kashmir only in the afternoon.
But district authorities have appointed nodal officers to help people to cross the highway at important places. Majority of the political parties in the state, including National Conference (NC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Congress, have opposed the ban and demanded its immediate revocation. Three former chief ministers, including NC president Farooq Abdullah, vice-president Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, even staged protest demonstrations separately on the highway against the ban.
The state’s home department had imposed restrictions earlier this month on civilian movement on the National Highway, connecting Jammu to Srinagar, saying that the order was passed to ensure adequate security to the movement of security force convoys, while at the same time, minimising public inconvenience.(With UNI inputs)


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