Srinagar, Oct 13: The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court’s three-judge Full Bench on Monday heard a batch of petitions challenging the government’s decision to forfeit 25 books for allegedly promoting “false narratives and secessionism.” The court has fixed December 4 as the date for the final hearing.

The special bench, comprising Chief Justice, Justice Rajnesh Oswal, and Justice Shahzad Azeem, convened at the Srinagar wing of the High Court to consider the pleas filed by journalist David Devadas, CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, retired Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak, and others, including advocate Shakir Shabir and Swastik Singh.

The petitions challenge the Home Department’s August 5 order issued under Section 95 of the CrPC, which banned the publication and circulation of 25

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