Jammu and Kashmir UT bans 25 books in “most regressive” transfer

The official order invokes Part 98 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, declaring all 25 titles “forfeited”.

It additional states that the content material of those books “excites secessionism and endangers the sovereignty and integrity of India”, thus attracting provisions beneath Sections 152, 196 and 197 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

The choice has drawn sharp criticism from opposition events and civil society.

Creator Nilanjana Roy known as it a “spectacularly ill-advised transfer”, this “e book ban to promote your insecurities”. Her publish on X prompt the notification offered, in impact, a “brilliantly curated studying listing on Kashmir” (phrases that have been struck by way of however left fairly readable within the publish).