LIVE UPDATE: Supreme Court verdict today on pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir
LIVE UPDATE: Supreme Court verdict today on pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir
Was the decision taken by the Centre on August 5, 2019, to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution, granted a special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, constitutionally valid? The Supreme Court is set to pronounce its verdict on Monday, December 11, on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370.
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court is likely to pronounce a landmark judgment on the constitutionality of the abrogation of Article 370, and the reorganisation of the state into Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
The verdict is likely to be pronounced at 10:30 AM. The five-judge bench will comprise of:
- Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud
- Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
- Justice Sanjiv Khanna
- Justice BR Gavai and
- Justice Surya Kant
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Special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370
Article 370 of the Constitution gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir in the Indian Union and restricted the Centre’s legislative powers with respect to the state. It gave the state legislature to make its own laws in all matters except for finance, defence, foreign affairs and communications.
In February 2023, the Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the constitution of the Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission to readjust constituencies in the new Union Territory.