Abrogation of Article 370: SC will pronounce the verdict on December 11, 2023

The Constitution bench of the Supreme Court (SC) of India will pronounce its verdict in the Article 370 abrogation case on Monday, December 11, 2023. The judgment will be delivered by a five-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, and Justice BR Gavai. On September 05, 2023, the SC bench reserved the judgment after hearing the contentions and arguments for 16 days. In this matter, over 20 petitions were filed before the SC against the 2019 decision of the Central government to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution of India resulting in the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. 

Senior Advocate (SA) Kapil Sibal, SA Zaffar Shah, SA Dushyant Dave, SA Dinesh Dwivedi, SA Nitya Ramakrishnan, SA Menaka Guruswamy, SA Sanjay Parikh, SA Gopal Subramanium, SA Rajeev Dhavan, SA Chander Uday Singh, SA Shekhar Naphade, SA Gopal Sankarnarayanan, SA Prashanto Chandra Sen, and Advocate Warisha Farasat argued for the petitioners. Attorney General for India R Venkataramani, Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj, ASG Vikramjeet Banerjee, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta, and Advocate Kanu Agarwal appeared for the Union of India. SA Harish Salve, SA V Giri, SA Rakesh Dwivedi, SA Guru Krishnakumar, Advocate Archana Pathak, Advocate Charu Mathur, and Advocate VK Biju.