'Welcome judgment, request PM Modi to restore statehood in J&K soon': Karan Singh on SC's Article 370 verdict

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Minutes after the Supreme Court upheld the governments decision to abrogate Article 370, Senior Congress leader Karan Singh on Monday welcomed the judgment and requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restore statehood to the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir soon...

Now it has become clear that whatever happened is constitutionally validI request PM Modi to restore statehood soon...

Earlier in the day, the top court upheld the governments decision to abrogate Article 370, which bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and said steps should be taken to conduct elections in the Assembly by 30 September next year...

We hold the exercise of presidential power to issue constitutional order abrogating Article 370 of Constitution as valid, the CJI said.. Jammu and Kashmir became an integral part of India and this is evident from Articles 1 and 370, he said while pronouncing the judgment...

In his concurring judgment, Justice Khanna said the purpose of Article 370 was to slowly bring Jammu and Kashmir at par with other Indian states..

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