Hearing on petition to restore full state status of J&K, SC sought reply from Center
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The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a reply from the Center on a petition requesting the full state status of Jammu and Kashmir and said that the ground reality, including the recent Pahalgam incident, cannot be ignored. “You have to keep in mind the ground reality,” said the Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gawai. You cannot ignore what happened in Pahalgam. ”Lawyers, including senior advocate Gopal Shankaranarayanan, requested a quick hearing, in response to which he made this comment. Justice K. in his back. Vinod was also involved.
SC hearing on the full state case of Jammu and Kashmir
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Center, requested to dismiss the petition and said that earlier the court had fined such petitions. Mehta said, “Elections are held,” Moy Lord “is aware of the special situation emerging from this part of the country and the decision making process includes many views.” The bench listed the petition filed by educationist Zahoor Ahmed Bhat and socio-political activist Ahmed Malik for hearing after eight weeks. Shankaranarayanan, who appeared on behalf of Bhatt, said that it has been 21 months since the decision of the Constitution Bench, in which several issues were decided on many issues including cancellation of Article 370 of the Constitution.
What did Solicitor General say in court
He said, “There has been no partially progress, as the Hon’ble Court had trusted the Center when he made a statement before the court that they would restore state status.” Referring to the decision, he said that the bench did not consider the issue because the Solicitor General had assured that the state status of Jammu and Kashmir would be restored. Shankaranarayanan said that the bench had only directed that the status of the state should be restored as soon as possible, but had not set any time limit. Explain that during the hearing of this petition, the petitioners said that in 2023, the Supreme Court had ordered that the Central Government should hold elections in Jammu and Kashmir and restore the status of full state as soon as possible.
Jammu and Kashmir state status will be restored at the right time
On behalf of the government, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that the way the government fulfilled the promise of the election. Similarly, the state status of Jammu and Kashmir will also be restored at the right time. Tushar Mehta said that the big question is why this petition has come at a time when security situation is tens. On this, Chief Justice BR Gawai said that the petitioner should understand that the situation after the terrorist attack of Pahalgam cannot be ignored. Now the Supreme Court will next hear the case after 8 weeks.
Congress also included among the petitioners
Explain that the Congress leaders are also among the petitioners to restore the status of the full state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Congress is also running a movement to restore the state status of Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Congress President Tariq Hamid Karra said that Pahalgam’s attack was nothing more than an excuse. Even when Jammu and Kashmir was a state, he firmly fought terrorism. Karra said that till now the Modi government was beating Dhindora that Jammu and Kashmir has become happy, there is peace here, now that everything is well, then why does the central government not restore the state status of Jammu and Kashmir.
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