SRINAGAR : The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has constituted a full bench to hear a series of petitions challenging the government’s controversial order forfeiting 25 books alleged to propagate “false and secessionist narratives” about the region. The three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Arun Palli and comprising Justices Rajnesh Oswal and Shahzad Azeem, is set to begin hearing the batch of petitions from Monday, stepping in after the Supreme Court declined to intervene and directed petitioners to approach the High Court as the appropriate forum. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp
The forfeiture order, issued by the Jammu and Kashmir Home Department on August 5, 2025 under Section 95 CrPC and Section 98 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), decla