J&K HC dismisses plea challenging alleged house arrest of Farooq Abdullah

Muzaffar Ahmad Shah & ors. Vs  State of J&K & ors (Jammu & Kashmir HC) The Jammu and Kashmir High Court declined to entertain pleas filed by the kin of former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah challenging their alleged house arrest by the State. High Court held that In writ proceedings, a fact is to be supported and proved by authentic documentary evidence. Press cuttings cannot be relied upon as authentic documentary evidence. Further, a Writ Court cannot hold enquiry into disputed facts. Once facts are disputed, the writ petition is rendered not maintainable. In such circu...