Article 370 Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court [Day 13]

Sibal: If you have 5000 people under house arrest and 144 throughout the state, there can be no bandh! My request is please don't enter into arena because we would have to counter it with all kinds of facts.

CJI: We have asked them for a roadmap on elections. That's what they've provided. But our decision on the constitutional issue has to be...

Sibal: These facts would go into the mind of the court because they're trying to show how this enormous change has taken place.

CJI: These facts would have possibly no bearing on the constitutional issues being argued.

Sibal: Even otherwise, because we would have to counter those facts

Sr Adv Kapil Sibal: I just want to know if your lordships are taking into account these facts. Because that's relevant from our point of view. Because if your lords had said earlier that subsequent facts would be taken into account...

Sr Adv Kapil Sibal: I just want to know if your lordships are taking into account these facts. Because that's relevant from our point of view. Because if your lords had said earlier that subsequent facts would be taken into account...

SG: The government is ready for elections. It is for the Election Commission of India and Election Commission of State to take the call- which election will take first and how. Updating of the voter's list is complete. Some part is missing it's in the process. It'll be over soon

SG: These are the steps taken by union government and these steps can be taken only if it is a union territory.

SG: This is how we are proceeding to make it a complete state. But I'm unable to give an exact timeline period right now about complete statehood. UT status is a temporary status.

SG: Only in 2022- January to December 2022, 1.88 crores tourist visited. The main industry was tourism. Now new industries are also coming.

SG: Policing alone can't do it, several initiatives are introduced...out of 53 projects under the Prime minister development package, worth 58477 crores, out of 53, 32 are completed.

SG: Several e-initiatives have taken place and as a result of that, the transperancy has shown us that the projects have risen from 9229 in 2018 to 92580 now. More people are participating in e-tendering etc. Youth is gainfully employed.