Where is shah faesal

While previous advisers were good with strategy and counter-terror operations, they did not have a youth connect. Faesal was the first Kashmiri to top the UPSC civil services examination but resigned after almost 10 years of service. A social media savvy IAS officer, his sarcastic comments about governance in Kashmir on platforms such as Facebook drew much attention. Shunted around and generally disillusioned with the bureaucracy, Faesal resigned from the IAS in early However, he was one among Kashmiri leaders detained during the abrogation of Article in He was also booked under the PSA in , but was released after a detention of 10 months.

Soon after, he quit from the leadership role of JKPM. There is much confusion over his status as an IAS officer, with his resignation stuck with the Indian government for the past one and a half years. Outlook Newsletters Ent. AR Tired of the unceasing, ungainly internet entertainment updates? Tech in style The right tech that defines you. Your aspirations. Your styles. Right in time.

The Smart Surfer Stay on top of the market moves. Analysis and information for you to take smart decisions. Ambit Know what's behind the apparent and what doesn't show. A day after announcing that he was quitting politics, the year-old defended his decision saying "we evolve with time" and abrogation of the special status on August 5 last year brought forth a new political reality in Kashmir. According to separate orders issued by the Home Department of the Union Territory, the PSA against Faesal, who was a batch IAS officer, Sartaj Madani, uncle of Mufti, and Peer Mansoor, her political advisor during her tenure as chief minister, was revoked "with immediate effect".

Most detainees were released after October Faesal, who has been under detention after scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, was booked under the PSA on Friday night, according to the sources. The former IAS topper is the seventh mainstream politician of Kashmir who has been booked under the PSA which allows detention from three months to two years without a trial.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration released another batch of four politicians from house arrest on Friday, hinting at a possible resurgence of political activity in the Valley. A five-judge bench of the court led by Justice NV Ramana, began hearing arguments against the decision four months after it was done. The state has since been under a complete lockdown activists say, a charge the government has denied. The government insists that everything is normal in the state. A 5-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice N V Ramana said that passing any interim order might lead to delay in the matter and the apex court would settle all the issues at one go after hearing all the parties.

The petition also stated that Jammu and Kashmir has been consistently threatened by infiltration from Pakistan and China with frequent incidents of cross-border radicalism and terrorism. The apex court at the same time rejected the plea that there was a need for status quo as the state of Jammu and Kashmir would be bifurcated into two Union Territories on October A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal granted Faesal permission to withdraw his plea after his wife filed an affidavit in this regard.

He said the resignation was not in any way connected to any event or a particular person. Justifying the detention of bureaucrat-turned-politician Shah Faesal, the Jammu and Kashmir government has told the Delhi High Court that he instigated people gathered at the Srinagar airport against the sovereignty and integrity of the country. The affidavit was filed in response to the former IAS officer's habeas corpus petition in which he alleged that he was illegally detained at the Delhi airport on August 14 and taken back to Srinagar, where he has been kept under house arrest.

Watch: Rahul Shivshankar reads out the affidavit. The matter came up for hearing before a bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal which did not issue notice in the matter after the central government, represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, said it will file a response to the habeas corpus plea, moved on behalf of Faesal through a 'pariorkar' or next of friend -- Mohd Hussain Cader.

The Centre revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article of the Constitution and divided it into two union territories.