The story so far: Nearly four years after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court of India is set to hear a batch of petitions on July 11 challenging the Union government’s decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) which led to the bifurcation of the State in 2019.
A five-Judge Constitution Bench, comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant, is slated to take up the matter on Tuesday, to issue procedural directions about the filing of documents and written submissions, the order of oral arguments and allocation of time.
Hearings on oral arguments are however set to begin only in August, Justice Gavai clarified on Wednesday in response to a query posed by senior advocate Kapil Sibal.
