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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = Hasnain Masoodi<br />
| party = [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]<br />
|education = [[Harvard University]] (LLM)<br />
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Anantnag (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anantnag]]<br />
| term_start1 = 23 May 2019<br />
| term_end1 = Incumbent<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]<br />
| successor1 = Incumbent<br />
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1954|02|12|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Khrew]], [[Pulwama]], [[Kashmir]]<br />
| residence = [[Khrew]], [[Pulwama]], [[Kashmir]]<br />
| parents = Ghulam Ali Masoodi<br />
| spouse = Taseen Qadri<br />
| children = one sons & one daughter<br />
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| profession = Advocate<br />
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'''Hasnain Masoodi''' is a former judge of the [[High Court of Jammu and Kashmir]] and a politician of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]] Party.<br />
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== Judge career ==<br />
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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.<br />
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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 (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] is permanent.<ref name=HT>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/high-court-judge-who-gave-article-370-verdict-is-national-conference-pick-for-anantnag/story-Ny0c0H72D0I96RntJVanOP.html High Court judge who gave Article 370 verdict is National Conference pick for Anantnag], ''Hindustan Times'', 19 March 2019.</ref><br />
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== Political career ==<br />
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In [[2019 Indian general election|2019]], he was elected to [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the Indian Parliament, from the [[Anantnag (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anantnag]] [[constituency]]. He defeated the former chief minister [[Mehbooba Mufti]] in the election by nearly 10,000 votes.<ref name="a">[https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/j-k-lok-sabha-results-2019-pdp-chief-mehbooba-mufti-loses-anantnag-seat-to-nc-hasnain-masoodi-1533245-2019-05-24 J&K Lok Sabha election results 2019: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti loses Anantnag seat to NC's Hasnain Masoodi], India Today, 24 May 2019.</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/challenges-for-mehbooba-in-assembly-polls/articleshow/69475807.cms |title = Challenges for Mehbooba in assembly polls|newspaper = The Economic Times|date = 24 May 2019|last1 = Rashid|first1 = Hakeem Irfan}}</ref> He became the member of Standing Committee on Urban Development, Library Committee, and Consultative Committee, Ministry of Culture and Tourism.<br />
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In August 2019, as the Union government moved to [[Indian revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status|revoke of the provisions of Article 370]], Masoodi opposed the resolution in the Lok Sabha.<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bifurcation-of-kashmir-arbitrary-opposition/article28839034.ece Bifurcation of Kashmir arbitrary: Opposition], The Hindu, 6 August 2019.</ref> 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.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nc-moves-sc-challenging-presidential-orders-on-article-370/articleshow/70617808.cms Omar Abdullah's NC moves SC challenging Presidential orders on Article 370], The Times of India, 10 August 2019.</ref><br />
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Masoodi lives in Sanat-Nagar in Srinagar. On 20 October he was appointed coordinator of [[People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration]]<br />
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