The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Sitaram Yechury, the general secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist), to travel to Kashmir to meet detained party leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami to ascertain his whereabouts and medical welfare.

The bench consisting of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice S A Bobde and Abdul Nazeer observed that citizens must be allowed to have access to Jammu and Kashmir. When Solicitor General Tushar Mehta objected that the visit might give rise to political unrest, the CJI-led bench added that the visit must not be used for political purposes.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Sitaram Yechury, the general secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist), to travel to Kashmir to meet detained party leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami to ascertain his whereabouts and medical welfare.

The bench consisting of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice S A Bobde and Abdul Nazeer observed that citizens must be allowed to have access to Jammu and Kashmir. When Solicitor General Tushar Mehta objected that the visit might give rise to political unrest, the CJI-led bench added that the visit must not be used for political purposes.