Social media ban challenged in High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday asked the state government to respond to pleas seeking scrapping of an order banning 22 social networking sites in Kashmir. A bench of Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar while hearing two separate petitions by Raja Faisal Malik and Bilal Ahmad Bhat through their counsels Saliah Pirzada and Syed Musaib issued notice to the government for filing objections by May 16. State counsel B A Dar accepted notice on behalf of government. As soon as the matter came up for consideration, Advocate Saliah drew attention…

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