Nearly four years after the abrogation of the Article 370 and 35A, the supreme court of India is on Tuesday hearing the petitions challenging the abrogation of the articles that gave special status to the region.
The hearing has stormed a fresh debate over the abrogation with the regional parties from Kashmir and Jammu demanding that the both the Articles should be restored.
BJP Government, on 05 August 2019, unilaterally abrogated the special status of the region after placing the erstwhile state under a lockdown. Three former Chief Ministers of Jammu Kashmir were included in thousands who were put under detention. A months’ long communication snap down was imposed in the region.
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10 AM: BJP leader Jitendra Singh said that the Congress should thank the BJP for revoking Article 370 of the Constitution for its leader and first Prime Minister of the country Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru had way back in the 1960s committed himself to doing away with this “transitional and temporary” constitutional provision.
10:22 AM: Jammu Kashmir Peoples’ Conference President Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday said that one of the biggest challenges facing the institution of judiciary is how they deal with Article 370 cases, a party statement said.
10: 50 AM: CJI DY Chandrachud says Arguments shall proceed as per status of docs on 27 July. SG has informed that though the Union has filed an additional affidavit, the contents of the affidavit have no bearing on constitutional issues and thus are not to be relied on for that purpose.
11: 10 AM: CJI DY Chandrachud: The hearing of the petitions shall commence on 2 August at 10.30 am and shall thereafter continue on a day to day except miscellaneous days.
11:25 PM: Shah Faesal IAS and Shehla Rashid back out from the petitions. Inform the court through their lawyer that they don’t want to be part of the petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370.