SC to listen to plea in search of restoration of J&Ok statehood as we speak

“In re: Article 370 of the Structure” verdict, a 5-judge Structure Bench, headed by then CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, had left open the query of whether or not the Parliament can extinguish the character of statehood by changing a state into a number of Union Territories, counting on the assertion made by Ssolicitor common Tushar Mehta that statehood can be restored to Jammu and Kashmir 

Nevertheless, it had ordered the Election Fee of India to take steps to conduct elections to the Legislative Meeting of Jammu and Kashmir, constituted beneath Part 14 of the Reorganisation Act, by 30 September 2024, and mentioned that “restoration of statehood shall happen on the earliest and as quickly as attainable”.

In the course of the earlier hearings, SG Mehta had informed the courtroom that the Union Residence ministry couldn’t present a particular timeline and that it could take “a while” to revive statehood.

In Might 2024, the Supreme Court docket dismissed evaluate petitions difficult its verdict, stating there was “no error obvious on the face of the file” and refused to checklist the matter in open courtroom.