Srinagar, Oct 17 (KNO): The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider a petition, seeking a time-bound restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n
According to news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan file the application before three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, requesting it be listed.<\/p>\n
Sankaranarayanan highlighted the need for a time-bound restoration of statehood in the Article 370 matter and asked for an urgent hearing. The chief justice agreed to consider the request.<\/p>\n
The application was filed as a miscellaneous application in the case related to Article 370 of the Constitution, where the Supreme Court had upheld the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status.<\/p>\n
Although the court did not directly rule on the constitutionality of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act 2019, which changed the region’s status to a Union Territory, it had directed that statehood be restored “as soon as possible,” without specifying a timeline.<\/p>\n
Applicants Zahoor Ahmed Bhat, a college teacher, and Khurshid Ahmad Malik, an activist, noted that despite the assurance of statehood restoration, the Union Government has taken no action in 11 months following the judgment\u2014(KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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