A Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Tuesday reserved its judgment in the challenge to the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, which gave special privileges to Jammu and Kashmir.The hearings, which saw submissions made by both petitioners and the government on the constitutionality of the procedure adopted to repeal the Article and the abolition of Statehood of Jammu and Kashmir, had spanned 16 days.The government, represented by Attorney General R. Venkataramani, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and advocate Kanu Agrawal, had argued...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday believed the Centre’s assurance that it has no intention to “touch” special constitutional provisions protecting the North Eastern...