This is a writ petition filed by Baha-ud-din Farooqi, the former Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. It has been edited with an introduction by Khalid Hasan. Farooqi files this on behalf of the J&K People’s Basic Rights (Protection) Committee. It rests on the argument that not only are actions taken by and on behalf of the Government of India in Kashmir since the start of the 1990 uprising immoral and violative of international law, but they are also illegal and unconstitutional under India's constitution.

Topics: introduction, an appeal to the president of India, appendices, violation of international human rights law, violation of Indian constitution, human rights violations in Kashmir

Terms: mass human rights atrocities in Kashmir, violation of democratic principles, legal impunity, excessive use of force, discrimination against Kashmir state, Kashmiri liberation struggle, fake encounters, Islamophobia