Tag: Basic Structure

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked whether Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, is being equated to the Basic Structure of the Constitution.A Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud reacted to Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal’s submission that there was no constitutional process available to abrogate Article 370, and the provision had attained a “permanent character” after 1957 when the Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly dissolved, leaving the Article unchanged.“The abrogation of Article 370 was a purely political act. There was...