Key Points
The apex court was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 in J&K and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state into the two Union territories of J&K and Ladakh in 2019...
The benchs question over restoration of statehood arose when Mehta was addressing arguments on the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, under which the bifurcation took place...
We need a statement from the Central government on this, that if there is a timeframe in view?.
While Mehta was on the point of J&Ks bifurcation, CJI Chandrachud asked him whether Parliament was empowered to change the states character from a state to a UT...
Calling it too extreme an example, Mehta said states cannot be made into Union territories under Article 3 of Constitution, for there needs to be a separation of states...
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