Basic rights in India have turn into ‘luxuries’ & ‘entitlements’: Mehbooba writes to CJI

By PTI

SRINAGAR: Basic rights within the nation have now turn into “luxuries” and “entitlements” bestowed upon solely those that toe the federal government’s line on political, social and non secular issues, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti mentioned on Saturday.

In a letter to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, she additionally alleged that the belief deficit and rising alienation have solely widened in Jammu and Kashmir for the reason that abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.

“I write to you with a deep sense of concern and worry about the prevailing situation in the country, especially J-K. Your recent observations on the inability of lower judiciary to grant bail in ordinary cases in a functioning democracy as ours should have been adopted as a directive rather than just being consigned to a single column story churned out in newspapers,” Mufti mentioned within the letter posted on her Twitter deal with.

Wrote a letter to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India concerning the worrying state of affairs within the nation particularly Jammu & Kashmir. Hoping for his type intervention to make sure justice is served. pic.twitter.com/PdZ3zgZL1T

— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) December 31, 2022

Speaking on the inauguration of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy on Friday, CJI Chandrachud had mentioned that over 63 lakh circumstances throughout the nation have been thought of to be delayed as a result of non-availability of counsel and over 14 lakh circumstances are delayed as they await some form of doc or report.

He had mentioned that folks should do away with the colonial mindset of referring to and treating district courts because the subordinate judiciary in hierarchy and in apply.

Mufti, the PDP president, mentioned the elemental rights enshrined within the Indian structure and assured to all Indian residents “are being brazenly impinged upon.”

“Unfortunately, it is these basic rights that have now become luxuries and entitlements bestowed upon only those select citizens who toe the Government’s line on political, social and religious matters.”

“And more worryingly, to those who actively contribute and not obstruct GOI’s idea of an India where its strengths of diversity, religious pluralism and tolerance must be weeded out and crushed to lay the foundations of a one religion nation where minorities are relegated to the social, political and economic fringes,” she mentioned.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief additional alleged that since 2019, the elemental rights of each resident of Jammu and Kashmir have been suspended arbitrarily and the constitutional ensures given on the time of its accession have been immediately and unconstitutionally abrogated.

She mentioned a whole bunch of kids are languishing in jails outdoors the Union territory as undertrials and their situation is exacerbated since they belong to poor households who lack the wherewithal to get authorized help.

“All this is happening at a time when the trust deficit and growing alienation has only widened since 2019. Passports being a fundamental right are impounded with full impunity. Journalists are being jailed and even prevented from flying out of country,” she mentioned.

While Mufti mentioned the one ember of hope in these “bleak circumstances” is the judiciary which solely can proper these “wrongs,” she added, “however, it saddens me to say that so far our experience with the judiciary has not inspired much confidence.”

She mentioned it took the Supreme Court properly over a yr to order her launch after she was detained underneath the Public Safety Act (PSA) in 2019.

She, nonetheless, expressed hope that with the CJI’s intervention, justice is delivered and the individuals of J-Ok see their expectations of dignity, human rights, constitutional ensures and a democratic polity realised which had impressed their forefathers to affix Mahatama Gandhi’s India.

SRINAGAR: Basic rights within the nation have now turn into “luxuries” and “entitlements” bestowed upon solely those that toe the federal government’s line on political, social and non secular issues, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti mentioned on Saturday.

In a letter to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, she additionally alleged that the belief deficit and rising alienation have solely widened in Jammu and Kashmir for the reason that abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.

“I write to you with a deep sense of concern and worry about the prevailing situation in the country, especially J-K. Your recent observations on the inability of lower judiciary to grant bail in ordinary cases in a functioning democracy as ours should have been adopted as a directive rather than just being consigned to a single column story churned out in newspapers,” Mufti mentioned within the letter posted on her Twitter deal with.

Wrote a letter to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India concerning the worrying state of affairs within the nation particularly Jammu & Kashmir. Hoping for his type intervention to make sure justice is served. pic.twitter.com/PdZ3zgZL1T

— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) December 31, 2022

Speaking on the inauguration of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy on Friday, CJI Chandrachud had mentioned that over 63 lakh circumstances throughout the nation have been thought of to be delayed as a result of non-availability of counsel and over 14 lakh circumstances are delayed as they await some form of doc or report.

He had mentioned that folks should do away with the colonial mindset of referring to and treating district courts because the subordinate judiciary in hierarchy and in apply.

Mufti, the PDP president, mentioned the elemental rights enshrined within the Indian structure and assured to all Indian residents “are being brazenly impinged upon.”

“Unfortunately, it is these basic rights that have now become luxuries and entitlements bestowed upon only those select citizens who toe the Government’s line on political, social and religious matters.”

“And more worryingly, to those who actively contribute and not obstruct GOI’s idea of an India where its strengths of diversity, religious pluralism and tolerance must be weeded out and crushed to lay the foundations of a one religion nation where minorities are relegated to the social, political and economic fringes,” she mentioned.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief additional alleged that since 2019, the elemental rights of each resident of Jammu and Kashmir have been suspended arbitrarily and the constitutional ensures given on the time of its accession have been immediately and unconstitutionally abrogated.

She mentioned a whole bunch of kids are languishing in jails outdoors the Union territory as undertrials and their situation is exacerbated since they belong to poor households who lack the wherewithal to get authorized help.

“All this is happening at a time when the trust deficit and growing alienation has only widened since 2019. Passports being a fundamental right are impounded with full impunity. Journalists are being jailed and even prevented from flying out of country,” she mentioned.

While Mufti mentioned the one ember of hope in these “bleak circumstances” is the judiciary which solely can proper these “wrongs,” she added, “however, it saddens me to say that so far our experience with the judiciary has not inspired much confidence.”

She mentioned it took the Supreme Court properly over a yr to order her launch after she was detained underneath the Public Safety Act (PSA) in 2019.

She, nonetheless, expressed hope that with the CJI’s intervention, justice is delivered and the individuals of J-Ok see their expectations of dignity, human rights, constitutional ensures and a democratic polity realised which had impressed their forefathers to affix Mahatama Gandhi’s India.