Hasnain Masoodi
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. In 2019, he was elected to Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament, from the Anantnag constituency, after defeating former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti in the election by nearly 10,000 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
Judge career
He is a former judge of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir.