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Pakistan rejects India's Supreme Court verdict upholding abrogation of Article 370, asserting international law does not recognise New Delhi's unilateral and illegal actions

The Supreme Court verdict upholding the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370 legitimises the subversion of federal principles and fails to appreciate historical context

The Supreme Court has ordered the region to hold local elections by the end of September 2024.

Omar appreciated the advocates who represented them, saying they have done their part and put forward their arguments in court so as to keep Article 370 intact in Jammu and Kashmir. Read further on Dynamite News:

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the power of the President to abrogate Article 370 in August 2019, leading to the reorganisation of the full-fledged State of Jammu and Kashmir to two Union Territories and denuding it of its special privileges

A five-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant delivered the verdict. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Supreme Court on December 11 unanimously upheld the Centre’s decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 bestowing special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and directed restoration of Statehood “at the earliest” as well as elections to the Assembly by September 30 next year.

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the government's decision to abrogate Article 370, which bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and said steps should be taken to conduct elections in the assembly by September 30 next year. Read further on Dynamite News:

Article 370 is a temporary provision with a transitional purpose and was an interim arrangement in special circumstances of war, noted a five-judge constitution bench while delivering its verdict in the Article 370 abrogation case today. Jammu and Kashmir does not have internal sovereignty and is like all states and…

Article 370 verdict: Jammu and Kashmir remains under a tight security cover ahead of the final verdict on the Centre’s move to dilute Article 370, ending the seven decades of special status, and split the erstwhile State into two Union Territories (UTs) of J&K and Ladakh in 2019.

The first piece of legislation — Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 — seeks to amend the term ‘weak and under-privileged classes (social castes)’ in the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004 to ‘Other Backward Classes’, expanding the reservation to many more communities. This was recommended by the J&K…