Jammu Tawi, Oct 11: The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court have formed a three-judge Full Bench to hear a series of petitions challenging the government’s order forfeiting 25 books for allegedly promoting “false narratives and secessionism.”

The Bench, headed by the Chief Justice and comprising Justices Rajnesh Oswal and Shahzad Azeem, is scheduled to take up the matter on Monday.

The move follows the court’s observation on September 30, when it agreed to consider forming a larger bench to examine the legality of what petitioners have termed a “sweeping and unreasoned forfeiture” of the publications.

The petitions, filed by journalist David Devadas, CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, retired Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak, advocate Shakir Shabir, and Swastik Singh, challenge the Hom

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