The four persons have been identified as Muzammil Shakeel Ganai from Pulwama, Adeel Ahmed Rather from Anantnag, Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay from Shopian and Shaheen Saeed from Lucknow.

They were taken into custody in Srinagar on production orders from a Patiala House Court judge.

The central agency claimed all four played a “key role” in the attack on NOvember 10, which killed 13 persons. Two days after the blast, the Union government termed it a “terrorist incident”.

The court held that declaring “deemed assent” for bills pending beyond prescribed periods contradicted the Constitution and violated the separation of powers.

It said such a decision would amount to the judiciary assuming the governor’s role. However, the court noted that it may order a governor to decide within a specific pe

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