When will J&K become a state again? Supreme Court asks Indian govt

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Supreme Court has asked Centre to present a road map and its future plans for restoring Jammu & Kashmir's statehood while hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the Indian government's 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution on Tuesday...

The apex court while asking the Centre to make its stand clear on the time frame and roadmap to restore the Statehood status of Jammu and Kashmir observes that "restoration of democracy is important."..

He made the remarks after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, referred to the contentious provision in the Indian Constitution, saying it gave special rights to only permanent residents of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and was discriminatory...

The Indian Government on August 5, 2019 had revoked Article 370, which gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated it into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh...

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