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A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud was told by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the decision on elections in J&K have to be taken by the Election Commission of India and the state poll panel. Read further on Dynamite News:

Article 370 empowers the President to abrogate it, but not before seeking and getting the “recommendation” of the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir.

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud spoke of an incident of caste discrimination while addressing graduating students at NLSIU, Bengaluru. He said that lawyers must uphold constitutional values and have open conversations to create equal opportunities. Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck spoke of justice, service, and wisdom. NLSIU adopted an Inclusion…

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud told petitioners that the Supreme Court was not asking the Assam government to nominate the pre-trial judges to look into cases arising out of the CBI’s investigation into the Manipur violence, but the Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta. Issuing a series of…

Mehta said Jammu and Kashmir could not be considered “special” or “unique” merely because it had a Constitution in 1939.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted on specific instructions of the Union that the “Union Government has no intention to affect any of the special provisions applicable to Northeast or any part of India”.

The Supreme Court questioned an argument made by petitioners that Article 370 ceased to operate in 1957 as soon as the Jammu and Kashmir Constitution came into existence

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Monday said some parts of a draft Standard Operating Procedure prepared by the Centre to tailor judicial conduct in government-related cases read as if the Centre wants to dictate the exercise of judicial review by courts. “I have gone through your draft SOP……

Supreme Court reserves judgment on children born out of invalid/void/voidable Hindu marriages inheriting their parents' property. CJI Chandrachud observed that children from such marriages have rights over their parents' property, but questioned when exactly it becomes their property.