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A bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran heard petitions filed by MLA Irfan Hafiz Lone, college teacher Zahoor Ahmed Bhat and activist Khurshid Ahmed Malik.
The petitioners said the undertaking by the Center to restore statehood was recorded in the apex court’s judgment in the Article 370 case.
The petitioners also said that the statehood was snatched away in 2019 and now six years have passed. In August 2019, statehood and special status were taken away from Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370. Since then, the Center has repeatedly assured the people of Jammu and Kashmir that statehood will be restored “in due course”.
The petitioners argued that the logic of security and border states in snatching statehood from Jammu and Kashmir could also be applied to Uttar Pradesh bordering Nepal or Tamil Nadu bordering Sri Lanka.
On August 14, the apex court had given two months time to the Center to file its reply. No reply has been filed yet.
first published: October 10, 2025 12:22 pm Is