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  "path": "/2026/04/27/impermissible-shortcut-high-court-strikes-down-psa-detention-of-doda-mla-mehraj-din-malik/",
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  "tags": [
    "Doda",
    "Jammu and Kashmir",
    "Legal",
    "Politics",
    "Doda East MLA",
    "J&K High Court",
    "Mehraj Din Malik",
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  "textContent": "The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed the controversial PSA detention of Doda East MLA Mehraj Din Malik, ordering his immediate release. In a detailed 87-page judgment, the court ruled that the administration's use of the stringent preventive law over a local health centre dispute was an illegal “shortcut,” emphasizing that ordinary criminal proceedings cannot be bypassed for standard law-and-order issues.",
  "title": "“Impermissible Shortcut”: High Court Strikes Down PSA Detention of Doda MLA Mehraj Din Malik"
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