A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the Centre's decision to constitute a Delimitation Commission for redrawing Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The petition, filed by Srinagar residents, Haji Abdul Gani Khan and Dr. Mohammad Ayub Mattoo , urged the court to declare the increase in the number of seats from 107 to 114 (including 24 seats in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) in Jammu & Kashmir as unconstitutional and ultra vires of the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.
The plea said that if decision of August 5, 2019 was to unite the Jammu and Kashmir State with India, then the delimitation process defeats “new order” of “One Nation, One Constitution” in the country.
