Reopening Of Statutory Panels In Jammu & Kashmir Being Considered At Appropriate Level : Solicitor General Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday recorded the statement of Solicitor General of India that a plea to reopen statutory panels in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is being considered at the appropriate level.The Court also asked the petitioner to implead Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in the PIL. The petition has been filed by Asim Suhas Sarode stating that various...
The Supreme Court on Friday recorded the statement of Solicitor General of India that a plea to reopen statutory panels in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is being considered at the appropriate level.
The Court also asked the petitioner to implead Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in the PIL. The petition has been filed by Asim Suhas Sarode stating that various statutory panels like the State Information Commission, the Human Rights Commission and the consumer panel in Jammu and Kashmir are no longer functioning since the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala.
In the last hearing, the bench had asked the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to apprise the bench of the present status of the issue. Yesterday, SG Tushar Mehta submitted that he would need three more weeks to reply. He also requested for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to be impleaded as a party in the matter.
The petitioner had earlier made the DoPT (Department of Personnel and Training), National Human Rights Commission, and the Law Commission of India parties to the PIL. However, CJI DY Chandrachud asked for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to also be impleaded as a party in the matter. Three weeks were granted to the Solicitor General to reply. CJI DY Chandrachud, while dictating the order said–
"The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to be added as a party. Mr Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General of India states that the matter is being considered at the appropriate level and a period of three weeks may be required to make a statement before this court to apprise this Court of the developments. List on after three weeks."
Case Title: Asim Suhas Sarode v. UoI And Ors. WP(C) No. 921/2020 PIL