Tag: North Eastern States

The Supreme Court on Wednesday believed the Centre’s assurance that it has no intention to “touch” special constitutional provisions protecting the North Eastern States, even as petitioners raised apprehensions that tinkering with the “periphery” of the country can have severe implications like months of ethnic violence seen in Manipur.The issue came up for debate before a Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, which is hearing the challenge to the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.Advocate Manish Tiwari, for the petitioner side, said...