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…