{"id":6870,"date":"2023-12-08T06:12:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T06:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=6870"},"modified":"2023-12-08T06:12:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T06:12:41","slug":"sc-to-deliver-verdict-on-pleas-challenging-abrogation-of-art-370-on-11-dec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/sc-to-deliver-verdict-on-pleas-challenging-abrogation-of-art-370-on-11-dec\/","title":{"rendered":"SC to deliver verdict on pleas challenging abrogation of Art 370 on 11 Dec"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI: On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>11,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>rule\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appeals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contesting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>repeal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>370\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Constitution,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>granted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unique\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rights.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>charged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>interpreting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>constitution,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>led\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>D.Y.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Chandrachud<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>postponed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rulings\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>petitions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contesting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>central\u00a0<\/span>government’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>action\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>repealing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>370\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dividing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>union\u00a0<\/span>territories\u00a0<\/span><\/span>until\u00a0<\/span><\/span>September\u00a0<\/span>5.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Justices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanjay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kishan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanjiv\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Khanna,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhushan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>R.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gavai,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Surya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>members\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five-judge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bench.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>petitioners\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>formation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>State\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Constitution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1957\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>dissolution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Constituent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Assembly,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>370\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>permanent\u00a0<\/span>nature.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Representing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>petitioners,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>senior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attorney\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kapil\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sibal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stressed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>370\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>covered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>368,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>deals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliament’s\u00a0<\/span>power\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>amend\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Constitution.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span><\/span>raised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>serious\u00a0<\/span>concerns\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regarding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>constitutionality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>abrogation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>procedure.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>argued\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>provision\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>always\u00a0<\/span>intended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>temporary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>abrogation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>final\u00a0<\/span>step\u00a0<\/span><\/span>towards\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>full\u00a0<\/span>integration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Attorney\u00a0<\/span>General\u00a0<\/span><\/span>R.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Venkataramani,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Solicitor\u00a0<\/span>General\u00a0<\/span>Tushar\u00a0<\/span>Mehta,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advocate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kanu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Agrawal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>represented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Along\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>highlighting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>benefits\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>repeal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>370\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>August\u00a0<\/span>2019\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>impending\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elections,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>respondents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pointed\u00a0<\/span>out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>route\u00a0<\/span><\/span>towards\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>restoration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>full\u00a0<\/span>statehood\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>normalcy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>restored.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>August\u00a0<\/span>2019,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>historic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contentious\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>revoke\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>370\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Constitution.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>region\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>granted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>special\u00a0<\/span><\/span>autonomous\u00a0<\/span>status\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>370,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>gave\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>own\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flag,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>constitution,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>considerable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>internal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>autonomy\u2014with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>exception\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>defence,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communications,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>foreign\u00a0<\/span>affairs.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Home\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span>Amit\u00a0<\/span>Shah\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Prime\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span>Narendra\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Modi<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>led\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>central\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>daring\u00a0<\/span>move\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>August\u00a0<\/span>5,\u00a0<\/span>2019,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>revoked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>special\u00a0<\/span>status\u00a0<\/span><\/span>granted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>370.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Additionally,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>divided\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>&\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ladakh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>distinct\u00a0<\/span><\/span>union\u00a0<\/span>territories.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Ladakh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>union\u00a0<\/span>territory\u00a0<\/span><\/span>without\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>legislature,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>&\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>kept\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>legislature.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>abrogation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>put\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>effect\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>presidential\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>later\u00a0<\/span>approved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliament’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>houses.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>To\u00a0<\/span>quell\u00a0<\/span><\/span>possible\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unrest,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>accompanied\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>massive\u00a0<\/span>deployment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>security\u00a0<\/span>forces\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>area\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>communication\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lockdown\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>included\u00a0<\/span><\/span>limitations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>phone\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>internet\u00a0<\/span><\/span>services.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>received\u00a0<\/span><\/span>petitions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>challenging\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>constitutionality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>actions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>abrogation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>370,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>setting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>off\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>flurry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>challenges.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Proponents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>foster\u00a0<\/span><\/span>economic\u00a0<\/span>growth,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>guarantee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>equal\u00a0<\/span>rights\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>citizens,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>open\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>door\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>further\u00a0<\/span>integration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>Union.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Opponents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>countered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>went\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>spirit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>federalism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>jeopardised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>region’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>special\u00a0<\/span>status\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>granted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>370.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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