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Supreme Court Sets August 8 Hearing on Plea to Reinstate Jammu and Kashmir Statehood

Advocates contend that an 11-month stall by New Delhi breaches India’s federal structure.

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A group of Kashmiri men fish on Dal Lake in Srinagar. (AP file)
Protesters in Srinagar call for the restoration of state-hood for Kashmir, which has been under direct rule from New Delhi for six years
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Overview

  • Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan successfully requested Chief Justice B.R. Gavai to retain the plea on the Supreme Court’s August 8 docket.
  • The Miscellaneous Application was filed in the disposed 2023 ‘In Re: Article 370’ case by activists Zahoor Ahmed Bhat and Khurshaid Ahmad Malik.
  • The Court’s December 2023 judgment upheld the 2019 revocation of Article 370 and ordered statehood restoration “at the earliest” without prescribing a deadline.
  • Applicants say the 11-month delay by the Union Government undermines the Constitution’s basic federal structure and deprives Jammu and Kashmir of full democratic governance.
  • They point to peaceful October 2024 assembly elections as evidence that there are no security impediments to reinstating statehood.