Article 370
- India
Ready for polls in J&K, no timeline for statehood restoration: Centre in SC
New Delhi: The Central government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it cannot give any exact timeframe for the restoration of statehood in Jammu and Kashmir. “We are progressively proceeding to…
- Opinions
SC hearing on Article 370 is making a fresh template on Kashmir in history
The ongoing hearing of Article 370 in the Supreme Court of India brings into context the procedures and the constitutional history of India and its past and present relationship with the erstwhile…
- India
No ‘constitutional fraud’ in abrogating Article 370: Centre tells SC
New Delhi: Commencing their arguments in support of abrogation of Article 370 in the Supreme Court, the Centre’s top law officers Thursday asserted there was no “constitutional fraud” in annulling the provision…
- Kashmir
1987 rigged elections, not Article 370, responsible for bringing gun to J-K: Sajad Lone
Srinagar: Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and was struck down by the Centre in August 2019 — was not responsible for the eruption of militancy in the…
- India
Article 370 has ‘self-limiting character’: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday said there is “intrinsic evidence” that Article 370 has a “self-limiting character” and it seems to have worked itself out after the term of the Jammu…
- India
Article 370: No intention to interfere with other special provisions, Centre tells SC
New Delhi: During the hearing on pleas pertaining to Article 370, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Wednesday submitted before the Constitution Bench that the Union government has absolutely no intention to interfere…
- India
Article 370: SC questions issuance of constitutional orders for J-K post 1957
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the issuance of several constitutional orders which allowed provisions of the Indian Constitution to be applied in Jammu and Kashmir post 1957. The top…
- Kashmir
Omar Abdullah hopeful of SC holding Article 370 abrogation as unconstitutional
Srinagar: Former chief minister and regional National Conference (NC) vice president, Omar Abdullah said on Thursday that though judicial procedure is a long one, but he is hopeful that the constitutional bench…
- India
SC plans to extend virtual hearing in all lower courts: CJI
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud on Thursday said the Supreme Court is setting up its own cloud software for video conferencing to enable virtual hearings in all lower…
- Kashmir
Article 370: SC asks if Parl can enact law to divide J-K into 2 UTs during Prez’s Rule
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked whether Parliament could have enacted the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, which divided the erstwhile state into two union territories, during the subsistence of…
- India
All eyes on SC as it hears challenge to abrogation of Article 370
New Delhi: A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud is consecutively hearing a batch of pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution…
- Kashmir
Why NC & PDP cling on to the restoration of Article 370
Srinagar: The regional National Conference (NC) and its political rival, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have come together as strange bedfellows to defend Article 370 for more than one political reason. Sleeping…
- India
BJP leaders’ remarks on Article 370 tantamount to contempt of court: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the Centre should wait for the Supreme Court’s decision on Article 370’s abrogation rather than “threatening” it, saying remarks by some BJP leaders…
- Opinions
Four years after Article 370 abrogation: Security challenges continue to stare in J-K
Jammu and Kashmir, since its accession to India in 1947, has been a major national security challenge and after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, it was given out…
- Politics
Those opposing abrogation of Article 370 ignorant: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Doda: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Democratic Progressive Azad Party chief, Ghulam Nabi Azad, on Sunday said those opposing the abrogation of Article 370 are ignorant of the history and…