Pinnacle court to list pleas challenging Article 370 after vacation of summer

25-04-2022

Article 370, which gave special powers to Jammu and Kashmir, was scrapped in 2019 by the govt as J&K was split into two union territories.

The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions - challenging the law accustomed scrap Article 370 - after the summer holidays. Article 370, which gave special powers to Jammu and Kashmir, was scrapped in 2019 by the govt as J&K was split into two union territories.

In 2019, several petitions challenging the Centre's decision to abrogate provisions of the Article and therefore the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which splits J-K into two Union Territories -- Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh -- were said a Constitution Bench headed by Justice N V Ramana in 2019 by the then CJI Ranjan Gogoi. 

On Monday, senior advocate Shekhar Naphde appearing for one among the petitioners said to the bench headed by jurist NV Ramana that the matter needed an urgent hearing "in view of the delimitation exercise being distributed within the state".

To this, the magistrate of India responded, “It’s a five-judge bench matter. i'll must ask the opposite judges as some retirements also are thanks to happen. We shall see after vacations, agency PTI reported.

On August 5, 2019, the Centre abrogated Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370 of the Constitution and also the state into two union territories.

Article 370 grants autonomous status to J&K, while Article 35A, incorporated into the Constitution in 1954, provides special rights and privileges to the citizens of the state.