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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sheikh Saaliq and Aijaz Hussain

India's top court hear petitions challenging government's removal of Kashmir's special status

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India’s Supreme Court was told that the integration of Jammu and Kashmir was and always has been “unquestionable” but “there was no reason” for the Narendra Modi government to revoke its special status.

On Wednesday, India’s apex court began hearing petitions challenging the constitutionality the government’s decision to scrap Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that provided semi-autonomous status to the region and stripped its statehood, demoting it to a federal territory.

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