SC verdict on abrogation of Article 370 Explained Live: The Supreme Court will give its verdict today (December 11) on the Union government’s 2019 move to amend Article 370 of the Constitution. The abrogation ended the special status conferred to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
A five-judge Constitution bench, presided by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, had reserved its verdict on as many as 23 petitions in the matter on September 5 this year, after 16 days of hearings. The bench also comprised Justices S K Kaul, Sanjeev Khanna, B R Gavai and Surya Kant.
CJI DY Chandrachud read out the verdict. He said that Jammu and Kashmir held no internal sovereignty after accession to India and that there was no prima facie case that the President’s orders were mala file or extraneous exercise of power. In this live blog, we explain the verdict’s implications and give some context on what has happened so far.
