NEW DELHI, July 3:
Nearly four years after the Government abrogated Article 370 that bestowed special status on the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir, a five-Judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud will take up for hearing on July 11 a batch of pleas challenging the contentious decision.
According to a notice issued on the apex court website today, the five-Judge bench, also comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai and Surya Kant will take up the pleas, including the one filed by IAS officer Shah Faesal and others, for passing directions.
Several petitions challenging the Centre’s decision to abrogate the provisions of Article 370 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which split J-K into two Union Territories Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh were referred to a constitution bench in 2019.
By abrogating Article 370, the Central Government had revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. (PTI)
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