Article 370 Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court [Day 8]

Singh: The bill for reorganization is presented by the President, tabled in the Rajya Sabha, passed by Rajya sabha on 5th August, then tabled in Lok Sabha on 6th August and simultaneously...Lok Sabha passes the bill.

Singh: I will only focus on the J&K Reorganization Act.

Sr Adv CU Singh commences his arguments.

Dwivedi (while concluding his arguments): I hope I have not ruffled too many feathers.

CJI: It's an intellectual exercise, a debate.

Dwivedi: That's what your lordships did in Indra Sawhney.

Justice Kaul: You're saying that all that happened for last few decades is wrong, noone understood the constitution.

CJI: If we accept your argument, there would be no restraint on the power of parliament.

CJI: Unless we accept that Art 370 existed till 2019, there would be no trammel on the jurisdiction of parliament.

CJI: Art 5 says that the legislative and executive powers of the State would extend to all matters except those with respect to which parliament has power to make laws. That means provisions of constitution of india. That postulates that Indian constitution does apply to J&K.

Dwivedi: This may be our wish but look at the provisions.