The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Tuesday agreed to hear a petition challenging the J&K Government’s August 5 notification that forfeited 25 books.

Advocates appearing for the petitioners told The Indian Express that the Chief Justice of the High Court, Justice Arun Palli, orally directed that a three-judge special bench will be set up at the earliest to hear the matter.

Those challenging the ban include Dr Sumantra Bose whose two books ‘Contested Lands’, and ‘Kashmir at the Crossroads: Inside a 21st Century Conflict’ are in the forfeited list; retired Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak; expert on conflict, peacemaking and peacebuilding Dr Radha Kumar, and former Chief Information Commissioner of India Wajahat Habibullah.

The petitioners were represented by Advocates Vrinda Grover, So

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