Five-judge bench led by CJI Chandrachud began hearing batch of petitions challenging abrogation of Article 370 & division of erstwhile state of J&K into two UTs.
This comes day before top court’s constitution bench is set to hear batch of pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 & notification of J&K Reorganisation Act.
The petitions were last heard in March 2020, when a Constitution bench had declined to refer the case to a larger bench of either seven or nine judges.
In August 2019, the Congress Working Committee had passed a resolution deploring 'undemocratic abrogation' of Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
Kashmir as a crisis has fallen off our headlines and from the top of our collective minds. Which is precisely the most important change for the better.
Besides civilian killings, the entry of 'hybrid' or 'part-time' terrorists being recruited and trained online call into question Modi govt's claims about normalcy in Kashmir.
ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.
Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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