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".
A five-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai and Surya Kant were told that the accession was “a handshake and not an embrace”.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL of the NGO 'Association for Democratic Reforms challenging the appointment of Arun Goel as Election Commissioner.
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and Manoj Misra while referring the matter to the Constitution bench said the order in this regard will be uploaded to the website by the evening.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will start hearing a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that it is likely to start hearing petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories in August.
"Article 370 was removed legally by the Parliament. Those who want to take the matter to courts can do so as they are open to all. But, article 370 is already dead...The dead cannot be brought back...," BJP spokesperson Altaf Thakur said on the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court to hear
Various petitions are pending before the top court challenging the validity of the law scrapping Article 370 of the Constitution and special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcating the state into two Union Territories.
While speaking to ANI, Saurabh Bhardwaj said," A week before the inauguration of this Parliament, the judgment of the constitution bench, which defined the constitution of this country, was overturned by bringing an ordinance. After killing the constitution of the country, and burying it,
A Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, in a unanimous verdict, had said that the Delhi government must have control over services, and the Lieutenant Governor is bound by its decision.