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| Rejection of fresh passport application: Mehbooba again attacks judiciary | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, March 31: ‘Annoyed’ over rejection of her plea by the J&K High Court on fresh passport issue controversy, former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday once again ‘attacked’ judiciary for, what she alleged, not ‘protecting’ her fundamental rights.
The J&K High Court has rejected her plea to direct the government to expeditiously grant her a fresh passport.
The High Court refused to intervene in the matter. The court in fact pointed out that passport cannot be granted as a matter of absolute right., Mehbooba’s passport was reportedly expired in May 2019 and she applied for a fresh passport on December 11, 2020. In February 2021, Mehbooba moved the High court when there was no decision on her application. Mehbooba’s mother’s application for renewal of passport was also rejected on the same grounds by the government. The J&K refused to intervene in her passport case too.
“Under BJPs rule, Indian constitution is being undermined time & again. Only option & recourse left is the judiciary. Once they too decide to wash their hands off matters which involve our fundamental rights where does one go?”, she tweeted from her official twitter handle this evening while giving vent to her anger.
After her application for issuance of fresh passport has been rejected, Mehbooba has been using social media to express her anger against this decision of the Union Government. She minced no word in attacking BJP leadership for “bulldozing” democratic instituions in the country.
Earlier in the month of February, Mehbooba questioned judicial system of the country when bail application of her close-aide Waheed Parra was rejected by the Court.
“Worrying trend that bail is no more the rule but an exception & an accused is assumed to be guilty without proof. Current state of affairs is such that under trials are jailed for months & even years languishing behind bars before charges are proven”, she had tweeted.
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