{"id":362114,"date":"2023-08-29T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T08:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/29\/on-jk-statehood-timeframe-centre-to-inform-supreme-court-on-thursday\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T08:52:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T08:52:00","slug":"on-jk-statehood-timeframe-centre-to-inform-supreme-court-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/29\/on-jk-statehood-timeframe-centre-to-inform-supreme-court-on-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"On J&#038;K Statehood Timeframe, Centre To Inform Supreme Court On Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2021-05\/rnvv2vso_kashmir-srinagar-coronavirus-lockdown-pti_625x300_15_May_21.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Supreme Court Asks Centre For Timeframe To Make J&amp;K A State Again\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Supreme Court Asks Centre For Timeframe To Make J&amp;K A State Again\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Supreme Court Asks Centre For Timeframe To Make J&amp;K A State Again\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2021-05\/rnvv2vso_kashmir-srinagar-coronavirus-lockdown-pti_625x300_15_May_21.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-08-29T14:56:35+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=720798&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/29082023_n_SCOnArtile370_119120_70339_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T2M46S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2021-05\/rnvv2vso_kashmir-srinagar-coronavirus-lockdown-pti_625x300_15_May_21.jpg?im=FeatureCrop,algorithm=dnn,width=650,height=400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=720798&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">The Supreme Court is hearing petitions challenging scrapping of Article 370.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The government will on Thursday make a &#8220;positive statement&#8221; on restoration of statehood to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/topic\/jammu-and-kashmir\">Jammu and Kashmir<\/a>, the Supreme Court was told today after it asked for a &#8220;timeframe&#8221; for such a move.<\/p>\n<p>The court &#8211; hearing petitions challenging the scrapping of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/topic\/article-370\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Article 370<\/a>, which gave J&amp;K its special status &#8211; had stressed the need for restoration of democracy as it asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, &#8220;Can you convert a State into a UT? Can a UT be carved out of a State?&#8221; and when elections could be held.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This has to come an end&#8230; give us the specific time frame as to when will you restore actual democracy. We want to record this,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>To this Mr Mehta had replied in the affirmative and pointed to Assam, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh as examples. &#8220;I have taken instructions. The instructions are that &#8216;union territory&#8217; is not a permanent feature&#8230; I will make a positive statement day after tomorrow. Ladakh will remain a UT,&#8221; Mr Mehta said as he read out statements on the status of J&amp;K made by Union Minister Amit Shah in the Lok Sabha.<\/p>\n<p>The Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, which is led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, also acknowledged national security concerns &#8211; posited by the government when Article 370 was scrapped four years ago &#8211; but reminded the latter of the importance of bringing back democracy in the region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ |\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/article-35a-robbed-non-residents-of-j-k-of-fundamental-rights-dy-chandrachud-4337690\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Article 35A Denied J&amp;K Non-Residents Their Key Rights: Supreme Court<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2019 the government &#8211; amid a furious pushback from political activists and opposition leaders &#8211; scrapped Article 370 and split Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories &#8211; J&amp;K and Ladakh. The government had assured its critics that statehood would restored &#8220;once situation returns to normal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A statement (on restoration of statehood) has been made on Parliament floor. Efforts are being made&#8230; once situation returns to normal,&#8221; Mr Mehta told the court today, the 12th day of hearings, as he\u00a0pointed to recent local elections in J&amp;K as proof that restoration of statehood will soon take place.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday the government told the court J&amp;K&#8217;s present status is not permanent and that statehood will be restored. &#8220;It is necessary, for some time, J&amp;K remains under the Union as a Union Territory&#8230; ultimately J&amp;K will become a state (again),&#8221; the Solicitor General had told the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ |\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/supreme-court-article-370-has-self-limiting-character-4323405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Article 370 Has &#8220;Self-Limiting Character&#8221;: Supreme Court<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also on Monday, the court agreed with the government&#8217;s submission that the J&amp;K constitution is &#8220;subordinate&#8221; to that of the nation but seemed to disagree with the idea that erstwhile state&#8217;s Constituent Assembly was, in reality, a legislative assembly capable of making laws.<\/p>\n<p>Last week the court was told no &#8220;constitutional fraud&#8221; had been perpetrated. Attorney General R Venkataramani, opening the government&#8217;s argument, told the court &#8220;due process was followed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ |<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/no-constitutional-fraud-in-scrapping-article-370-centre-to-supreme-court-4326750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;No Constitutional Fraud In Scrapping Article 370&#8221;: Centre To Supreme Court<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was no wrong-doing&#8230; there was no constitutional fraud as alleged by the other side. The step (revocation of Article 370) was necessary and their argument is flawed and inconceivable,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, the court told the government it would have to justify procedure adopted for abrogation of Article 370 as it could not postulate a situation &#8220;where the ends justify the means&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Petitioners opposing repeal of Article 370 have insisted the provision could not have been abrogated as the term of the J&amp;K Assembly &#8211; the assent of which was required before taking such a step &#8211; ended in 1957, after which, it was argued, Article 370 acquired a &#8220;permanent&#8221; status.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With input from agencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/supreme-court-asks-centre-for-timeframe-to-make-j-k-a-state-again-4338672\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Supreme Court is hearing petitions challenging scrapping of Article 370. The government will on Thursday make a &#8220;positive statement&#8221; on restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, the Supreme Court was told today after it asked for a &#8220;timeframe&#8221; for such a move. 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