Article 370 Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court [Day 6]

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16 Aug 2023 4:56 AM GMT

  • Article 370 Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court [Day 6]

    The Supreme Court will continue hearing today the cases challenging the Centre's 2019 decisions to dilute Article 370 of the Constitution leading to the scrapping fo the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.Today is the 6th day of hearing before a Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice SK Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, Justice BR Gavai and Justice Surya Kant. So...

    The Supreme Court will continue hearing today the cases challenging the Centre's 2019 decisions to dilute Article 370 of the Constitution leading to the scrapping fo the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

    Today is the 6th day of hearing before a Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice SK Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, Justice BR Gavai and Justice Surya Kant. So far, Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal, Gopal Subramanium and Zaffar Ahmed Shah have completed their arguments on behalf of the petitioenrs.

    Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan is expected to commence his arguments today.

    Track the live-updates from today's hearing here :


    Live Updates

    • 16 Aug 2023 5:25 AM GMT

      Dhavan: Our submission is that 370, as far as IoA is concerned, it deals with external sovereignty. External sovereignty is lost. The purpose of the standstill agreement was - what system would you have in meanwhile?

    • 16 Aug 2023 5:24 AM GMT

      Dhavan: There seems to have been some misunderstanding on the status of merger agreements. The question which fell from your lords was that once the IoA is over, sovereignty is complete.

    • 16 Aug 2023 5:21 AM GMT

      Dhavan: This oral submission is in the nature of a dialogue- and a very important dialogue.

    • 16 Aug 2023 5:13 AM GMT

      The bench has convened.

      Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan to continue his arguments today.

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