Article 370 Case Hearing : Live Updates From Supreme Court [Day 10]

SG Mehta refers to the list of dates and underlines the history of accession.

SG: The moment the accession is complete, the sovereignty gets lost, it gets subsumed with the larger sovereignty.

SG: Justice Gavai had asked about the constitution of Prajasabha. The Prajasabha was to have 75 members of which 12 would be officials, 33 elected members and 30 nominated members.

SG: After going through the facts, it will be clear that a large number of fundamental rights and other rights will now be conferred upon the residents of J&K and they would be fully at par with the rest of their brothers and sisters of this country.

SG: Because of this confusion on whether the Art 370 was temporary or permanent, there was a psychological duality in the mind of a particular section of our country. That duality ended with this abrogation.

SG: This is the first time after 75 years that your lordships would be considering the privileges that the citizens of J&K had been deprived of till then.

SG Tushar Mehta commences his arguments.

SG: As the petitioners said your lordships will be making historical decision in more than one ways.

AG: No deviation from due process took place while passing the Presidential Order.

AG: This is a broad summary of my submissions.

AG: The plenary power is also available when Rule under Article 356 is undergoing.

AG: Border states are a special territory of India and their reorganization requires distinct consideration. The court would refer to the wisdom of parliament in the choices of actions relating to States.