SC Bench will deliver J&K ruling on March 2
– It has reserved verdict on two judgments about nature and extent of Article 370
A five-judge Constitution Bench, led by Justice N.V. Ramana, will on March 2 pronounce its order on a plea to refer to a larger Bench the petitions challenging the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution.
The Bench had heard arguments and reserved its verdict on whether there was a “direct conflict” of opinion between two judgments — one of 1959 and the other of 1970 — about the nature and extent of Article 370.
The President’s notification of August 5 abrogated the special status by blunting Article 370, the source of the privileges accorded to the erstwhile State in accordance with the assurances made in the Instrument of Accession signed between the Jammu and Kashmir ruler and the Government of India.
