After the Central government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it is ready for elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir any time now, Jammu Kashmir party leaders have expressed their views on the matter.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for Centre, told a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud that the process of updation of the voters' list in Jammu and Kashmir is underway and it will take a month or so to complete.
The Central government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the status of Jammu and Kashmir as a Union Territory is only temporary and it will be restored to Statehood, but Ladakh would remain a Union Territory.
Violence has gripped the entire state for over four months now and the Central government had to deploy paramilitary forces to bring the situation under control.
The five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud told the Centre that it will have to justify the procedure adopted for abrogation as the court cannot postulate a situation "where the ends justify the means".
On August 21, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that it will constitute a bench to hear the case after senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Tamil Nadu, sought an urgent hearing of the case.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud refused to entertain the plea filed by the West Bengal government which challenged the Calcutta High Court order transferring investigation of municipality recruitment matters to the CBI.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said it will constitute a bench to hear the case today itself after senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Tamil Nadu, sought an urgent hearing of the case.
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre on Plea challenging the vires of the statutory rape laws that criminalise consensual sex by 16+ to 18 years.
Amid the hearing of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 in the Supreme Court, former chief minister and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti said that we have hopes from the Supreme Court that it do justice.