J&K special status: SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370

The hearings in the Article 370 case began on August 2, and saw arguments and counter-arguments over a period of 16 days.

By: Express Web Desk

Updated: September 5, 2023 10:33 PM IST

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Supreme Court has reserved its judgement on the case against the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution which guaranteed special status to Jammu and Kashmir, after concluding the 16-day hearing in the case, reported LiveLaw.

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The Supreme Court Tuesday reserved its judgment on a clutch of pleas challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, which guaranteed special status to erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, LiveLaw reported.

A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud reserved the verdict after a marathon 16-day hearing.

The petitioners, besides arguing against the revocation of Article 370, also challenged the J&K Reorganization Act, which bifurcated the erstwhile state into Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh.

The bench, also comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai and Surya Kant, heard the rejoinder arguments of senior advocates Kapil Sibal, Gopal Subramanium, Rajeev Dhavan, Zaffar Shah, Dushyant Dave and others on the concluding day of the hearing.

A wide spectrum of issues were discussed during the marathon 16-day hearing including the constitutional validity of the Centre’s August 5, 2019 decision to abrogate the provision, the validity of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, which split the erstwhile state into two Union Territories, challenges to imposition of Governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir on June 20, 2018 and imposition of President’s rule in the erstwhile state on December 19, 2018 and its extension on July 3, 2019.

With inputs from PTI

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