Hasnain Masoodi
Hasnain Masoodi is an Indian politician from the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Party and currently a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha representing Anantnag Lok Sabha seat. He is a former judge of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir.
Hasnain Masoodi | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mehbooba Mufti |
| Constituency | Anantnag |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1954 Pulwama, J&K, India |
| Political party | JKNC |
| Spouse | Taseen Qadri |
| Children | one son & a daughter |
| Parent | Ghulam Ali Masoodi |
| Residence(s) | Khrew, Pulwama |
| Education | Harvard University (LLM) |
| Profession | Advocate |
Judge career
He was appointed Principal District Judge from 2007 to 2009 and was Jammu & Kashmir High Court Judge from 2009 to 2016. He was also Chairperson of the Jammu & Kashmir State Juvenile Justice Panel.
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]
Political career
In 2019, he was elected to Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament, from the Anantnag constituency, after defeating former PCC President Gh Ahmad Mir by nearly 8000 votes .[2][3] He became the member of Standing Committee on Urban Development, Library Committee, and Consultative Committee, Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
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]
On 20 October he was appointed coordinator 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.
