SC rejects Vaiko’s plea on Farooq Abdullah

“He (Abdullah) is under detention under the Public Safety Act,” a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said.

“Nothing survives in this petition,” it added.Vaiko’s counsel questioned the conduct of the Jammu and Kashmir administration and claimed that few minutes before the apex court was scheduled to hear his petition on September 16, Abdullah was detained under the PSA.

The bench, also comprising Justice S A Bobde and Justice S A Nazeer, said it is open for the petitioner to challenge the order detaining Abdullah under the Jammu and Kashmir PSA in appropriate proceedings.

Abdullah, 81, a five-time parliamentarian, is under detention following the scrapping of the state’s special status under Article 370.

The top court had on September 16 directed the Centre and the J&K administration to respond to Vaiko’s plea which had sought that Abdullah be produced before the court. Vaiko’s counsel had earlier told the apex court that there were conflicting claims about Abdullah’s status and he was illegally detained by the authorities.