Srinagar: High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Wednesday quashed the detention order of Kashmiri journalist Majid Hyderi under the Public Safety Act (PSA), PTI reported.
Justice V K Chatterjee quashed the detention of Hyderi under PSA, advocate Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, counsel for the journalist, told the news agency.
Hyderi was arrested in September, 2023 on charges of extortion and defamation. He was booked under the PSA and lodged in Kot Bhalwal Jail.
