New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's daughter to meet her in Kashmir, where she is under detention following the abrogation of Article 370.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi allowed Iltija, Mufti's daughter, to meet her after she submitted in the court that she has no problem in going to her Srinagar residence but has not been able to move out freely there.
In her petition, Iltija had submitted that she is concerned about her mother's health as she has not met her for a month.
Iltija on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to the authorities to allow her to meet her mother, who is under detention following the abrogation of Article 370 from the state.
Her advocate Aakarsh Kamra said that the relief sought in the petition is similar to what CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury was granted by the apex court on August 28 to meet his ailing party colleague Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami.
The apex court would on Thursday also peruse the affidavit filed by Sitaram Yechury in a sealed cover about his visit and meeting with Tarigami on August 29.
The top court had allowed Yechury to visit and meet Tarigami under security with a condition that he would only discuss with him his health condition.
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