Hasnain Masoodi
Hasnain Masoodi is a former judge of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and a politician of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Party.
Hasnain Masoodi | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mehbooba Mufti |
| Constituency | Anantnag |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| Education | Harvard University (LLM) |
As a High Court judge, Masoodi ruled in October 2015 that the Article 370 of the Constitution of India that gives special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir is permanent.[1]
In 2019, he was elected to Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament, from the Anantnag constituency. He defeated the former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti in the election by nearly 10,000 votes.[2][3]
In August 2019, as the Union government moved to revoke of the provisions of Article 370, Masoodi opposed the resolution in the Lok Sabha.[4] After the resolutions were passed by both the Houses of Parliament, Masoodi petitioned the Supreme Court of India, along with Mohammad Akbar Lone, asking for the revocation to be declared invalid.[5]
Masoodi lives in Sanat-nagar in Srinagar. On 20 October he was appointed cordinator of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration
References
- High Court judge who gave Article 370 verdict is National Conference pick for Anantnag, Hindustan Times, 19 March 2019.
- J&K Lok Sabha election results 2019: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti loses Anantnag seat to NC's Hasnain Masoodi, India Today, 24 May 2019.
- Rashid, Hakeem Irfan (24 May 2019). "Challenges for Mehbooba in assembly polls". The Economic Times.
- Bifurcation of Kashmir arbitrary: Opposition, The Hindu, 6 August 2019.
- Omar Abdullah's NC moves SC challenging Presidential orders on Article 370, The Times of India, 10 August 2019.