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Hasnain Masoodi is an Indian politician from the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Party who serves as a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. He served as a Member of the 17th Lok Sabha from Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency and was a former judge of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir. He is representing Pampore constituency in Jammu and Kashmir.




Judge career


Masoodi went to Harvard University to pursue Masters in Law.
He was appointed Principal District Judge in 2007 and was elevated on 2009 and appointed to the Jammu & Kashmir High Court, where he served until 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.




Political career


In 2019, he was elected to Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament, from the Anantnag constituency, after defeating former Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee President Ghulam Ahmad Mir by nearly 8000 votes. 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. 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.
On 20 October he was appointed coordinator of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration.
Masoodi lost a bid for reelection in the 2024 Indian general election from the reformed Anantnag–Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency.
In the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election Masoodi was elected as a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from Pampore.




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