Supreme Court set to hear petitions challenging scrapping of Article 370 today
Srinagar/New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday is all set to hear a batch of petitions that are challenging the Centre's decision of scrapping Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
The Supreme Court will also hear petitions that are seeking to remove the restrictions.
A three-judge bench is likely to hear the petitions.
It is headed by Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
Justices SA Bobde and S Abdul Nazeer are the other judges in the bench.
Kashmir issue:
The Indian government scrapped the Article 370 which provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
The government bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir with an assembly and Ladakh without an assembly.
Article 35A of the Indian Constitution allowed the Jammu and Kashmir state's legislature to define “permanent residents” of the state and also provided special rights and privileges to those permanent residents.
Article 370 allowed Jammu and Kashmir to have its own constitution, flag and right to handle its own laws except on matters that impact national security.
The decision had further escalated tension between India and Pakistan in recent times.
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