Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Thursday said the government cannot justify the “means” used to abrogate Article 370 from the Constitution and erase Jammu and Kashmir as a full-fledged State in August 2019 by simply pointing to the “ends” achieved.
“We cannot postulate a situation that ends justify the means… Means must be consistent with the ends,” Chief Justice Chandrachud said.
The Chief Justice, heading a Constitution Bench, reminded the government that while persuasion, real politick and the genius of Sardar Vallabhai Patel drew 562 princely States to the Union of India, Jammu and Kashmir “bucked the trend” and followed the route of Article 370.
