Jammu ~ The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has listed a plea filed by detained Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Mehraj Malik for final consideration on November 20, a party spokesperson said after the hearing of the case on Friday.

Malik, who is the AAP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit president, was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) on September 8 for allegedly disturbing public order and was subsequently lodged in the Kathua jail. On September 24, Malik filed a habeas corpus petition, challenging his detention and claiming Rs 5 crore as compensation.

“Malik’s habeas corpus petition was listed before Justice Rajneesh Oswal of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu on Friday. When the matter was taken up for hearing, his legal team vociferously submitted

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