Article 370 is a temporary provision with a transitional purpose and was an interim wartime arrangement, noted the Supreme Court while unanimously upholding the Narendra Modi government’s decision to de-operationalise the legislation on Monday.
The five-judge constitution bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai and Surya Kant had reserved its order on September 5 after hearing a batch of petitions challenging the revocation of Article 370 for 16 days. There were three judgments, one by the CJI for himself, Justices Gavai and Surya Kant, and concurring opinions by Justice Kaul and Justice Khanna, on Monday.
