The Centre on August 5, 2019, abrogated the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution that granted special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan said that the Supreme Court verdict, which upheld the abrogation, had "no legal value"
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the abrogation of Article 370 as "constitutionally valid" and instructed steps to be taken for immediate restoration of statehood. Responding to the verdict, Pakistan said that the Supreme Court verdict had "no legal value".
While Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Asaduddin Owaisi expressed disappointment, others such as Yogi Adityanath, Rajnath Singh, and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta applauded the Supreme Court's decision.
The Supreme Court upheld the government's decision to abrogate Article 370, which bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and said steps should be taken to conduct elections in the assembly by September 30 next year.
Omar Abdullah on Article 370 abrogation: Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said that the two bills on Jammu and Kashmir moved for approval in the Lok Sabha pertain to providing rights to those who faced injustice and were insulted and ignored.
Article 370 abrogation: Various petitions are pending before the top court that challenges 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.
Responding to a query of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Hazi Fazlur Rehman, the MoS in a written reply said that 34 persons have so far bought properties in the UT.
Article 370, a temporary provision in the Constitution, gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir while Article 35-A prohibited people from the rest of India to buy properties in the erstwhile state.
On 2nd anniversary of abrogation of Article 370, which gave J&K its special status, and bifurcation of erstwhile state into 2 Union territories, PM Modi said two years ago on this day the first big step towards a new Jammu and Kashmir was taken.
A former PDP MLA and a trade union leader were released from detention in Srinagar on Tuesday.
Asrar Ahmed Khan was part of a mob holding protests in Soura on August 6, a day after the Centre revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status and announced its bifurcation into two union territories, officials said.
In the first encounter in nearly two weeks, a fierce gun-battle broke out this evening between terrorists and security forces in Baramulla area of north Kashmir. This is also the first encounter after abrogation of Article 370 in J&K.
The Global Kashmiri Pandits Diaspora (GKPD) has rejected a petition submitted by 64 citizens including Pandits, Sikhs and Dogras condemning the abrogation of Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
London: Health woes have kept Farooq Abdullah far away from home but the three-term Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir says that his bigger worry today is BJP's “sinister” plan to abrogate the state's special
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