Five-judge constitution bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant will pass the judgement today.
We can't ignore the decisions taken on August 5, 2019. The decision (Abrogation of Article 370) was not in accordance with the Constitution. It was unilateral and undemocratic, said Hasnain Masoodi
Earlier in the day, Additional Solicitor General K.M. Natraj contended that Article 370 is the only provision in the Constitution which has a self-destruction mechanism.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal asked Centre to not make mockery of democracy after Solicitor General Mehta said that right people were under house arrest as there was no bandhs post abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir
Elections in Jammu and Kashmir can take place any time and a decision on the issue has to be taken by the poll panel, the Centre told the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Attorney General and Solicitor General to seek instructions from the Central government over the timeframe to restore statehood of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir
A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud took note of the suspension of Zahoor Ahmad Bhat, who had argued before the top court on August 24 as petitioner in-person in the case
Though, the petitioners have themselves conceded before the Supreme Court that of course, the Indian Constitution is superior between the two Constitutions.
The bench said that there are only two highly debatable issues -- whether Article 370 acquired a permanent status with the cessation of the constituent assembly of J&K and whether the procedure adopted for its abrogation was valid
Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to hear a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370
