Have come here hoping for justice: Omar Abdullah
We need to go into history: Kapil Sibal at Article 370 hearing
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court led by CJI D Y Chandrachud has commenced hearing a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution.
The Supreme Court will hear from today petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 that granted special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. A five-judge Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai and Surya Kant will hear the pleas on a day-to-day basis except Mondays and Fridays. The petitions challenge a presidential order from August 5, 2019, which abrogated Article 370.
The bench had on July 11 fixed July 27 as the deadline for filing written submissions and convenience compilations by different parties. The top court also noted that the Centre’s affidavit with regard to the conditions prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir after the August 5, 2019 notification repealing Article 370 will have no bearing on the constitutional issue to be adjudicated by the five-judge bench.
Ahead of the hearing, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said, “From the very first day, we have been saying that whatever has happened is wrong and unconstitutional. We have come to the Supreme Court hoping for justice.”
We need to go into history: Kapil Sibal at Article 370 hearing
During the hearing on pleas challenging Article 370 scrapping, senior advocate Kapil Sibal said, “This is an important case and needs a detailed hearing. We have to go into history.”
He said, “This is a historic moment in many ways. First, your lordships will analyse why history was crossed out. Whether the procedure established by Parliament was consistent with what democracy stands for. Whether the will of people of J&K can be silenced and whether the governor of a state decided that I will keep the assembly under suspended animation.”
