SRINAGAR: The Supreme Court is set to announce its judgment in the Article 370 abrogation case on Monday, December 11.
The Constitution Bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant, will deliver its verdict on a group of petitions challenging the Central government’s 2019 decision to revoke Article 370, which granted special status to the former State of Jammu and Kashmir.
After considering the matter for 16 days, the Court reserved its verdict on September 5.
The petitioners, represented by a group of senior lawyers including Kapil Sibal, Gopal Subramanium, Rajeev Dhavan, Dushyant Dave, and Gopal Sankaranarayanan, argued that the Union of India, using its majority in Parliament, employed a series of executive orders through the President to reorganize a full-fledged State into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
The petitioners have characterised this move as an assault on federalism and a violation of the Constitution.