Key Points
The Supreme Court's Constitution bench is set to declare its judgment on a series of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 and the division of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories today..
The central government, represented by Attorney General R Venkataraman and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, defended its decision to revoke Article 370, stating that there was no "constitutional fraud" in repealing the provision that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir..
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the petitioners, argued that Article 370 had assumed permanence after the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, and therefore, the Parliament did not have the authority to declare itself as the legislature of Jammu and Kashmir for the purpose of abrogating Article 370...
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association contended that while acceding to India, the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir retained sovereignty over the territory but not the sovereign power to rule and govern the state..
On August 5, 2019, the central government announced the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status granted under Article 370 and the division of the region into two union territories...
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