Pleas on Kashmir move: SC order on referral to larger bench on Monday
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court will pronounce its order on Monday on whether petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370 can be referred to a larger bench. The current hearings are limited only to the aspect of its referral to a larger bench.
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court will pronounce its order on Monday (March 2) on whether petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370 can be referred to a larger bench.
The petitions are currently heard a five-judge bench presided by Justice NV Ramana and comprising Justices SK Kaul, R Subhash Reddy, BR Gavai and Surya Kant. The current hearings are limited only to the aspect of its referral to a larger bench.
Among the petitions filed in this connections were those by lawyers, activists and political parties like Sajjad Lone’s J&K People’s Conference and CPI’s Mohd Yousuf Tarigami.
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Earlier, submissions in this regard were made by senior advocates Rajeev Dhawan, Sanjay Parikh, Gopal Sankaranayan, and Dinesh Dwivedi for the petitioners. Attorney General KK Venugopal and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta represented the Centre.
In an unexpected move, the Centre had on August 5, 2019 abrogated Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, thus revoking the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. The state was subsequently bifurcated into two union territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
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