tranquillity, imposed restrictions on movement and public
gatherings by virtue of powers vested under Section 144, Cr.P.C.
Due to the aforesaid restrictions, the Petitioner in W.P. (C) No.
1031 of 2019 claims that the movement of journalists was
severely restricted and on 05.08.2019, the Kashmir Times
Srinagar Edition could not be distributed. The Petitioner has
submitted that since 06.08.2019, she has been unable to publish
the Srinagar edition of Kashmir Times pursuant to the aforesaid
restrictions.
5.
Aggrieved by the same, the Petitioners (Ms. Anuradha Bhasin and
Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad) approached this Court under Article 32
of the Constitution seeking issuance of an appropriate writ for
setting aside or quashing any and all order(s), notification(s),
direction(s) and/or circular(s) issued by the Respondents under
which any/all modes of communication including internet,
mobile and fixed line telecommunication services have been shut
down or suspended or in any way made inaccessible or
unavailable in any locality. Further, the Petitioners sought the
issuance
of
an
appropriate
writ
or
direction
directing
Respondents to immediately restore all modes of communication
including mobile, internet and landline services throughout
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