SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370
Abrogation of Article 370: Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its decision on a slew of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir special status.
After a marathon 16-day hearing, a five-judge bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud reserved the judgement.
On the final day of the hearing, the bench, which also included Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant, heard the rejoinder arguments of senior attorneys Kapil Sibal, Gopal Subramanium, Rajeev Dhavan, Zaffar Shah, Dushyant Dave, and others.
The Supreme Court stated that any lawyer representing the petitioners or respondents who chooses to file a written submission can do so within the following three days. It said that the submission should not exceed two pages.
During the 16-day hearing, the Supreme Court heard from Attorney General R Venkataramani, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, senior counsel Harish Salve, Rakesh Dwivedi, V Giri, and others on behalf of the Centre and intervenors defending the abrogation of Article 370.
The lawyers discussed a range of issues, including the constitutional validity of the Centre's decision to repeal the provision on August 5, 2019, the validity of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, which split the erstwhile state into two Union Territories, challenges to the imposition of Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir on June 20, 2018, and challenges to the imposition of President's rule in the erstwhile state on December 19, 2018, and its extension on July 3, 2019.
In 2019, a Constitution bench heard many petitions contesting the abrogation of Article 370 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which divided the erstwhile state into two union territories - Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
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- With inputs from agencies
