Jammu, Nov 18 (PTI) The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday heard the arguments on a petition filed by PDP president Mehbooba Mufti seeking the return of undertrial prisoners from J-K lodged in jails outside the Union territory.

The high court examined submissions on whether the continued detention of these prisoners in distant facilities violated their constitutional rights and hampered their access to legal assistance and family visits.

The petition filed by the former chief minister on October 26 came up for hearing before a division bench of Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajnesh Oswal.

Mehbooba's counsel advocate Aditya Gupta said, "Some questions raised by the court during the last hearing (on November 3) were addressed along with counter questions, especia

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