Three SC judges are set to retire by May 2024. Here are the key cases pending their decisions

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New Delhi: Whether its deciding on the legal challenge to the Centres 2019 decision of abrogating Articles 370 and 35 of the Constitution, or settling the question of whether migrants and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) have a right to cast vote from where they are, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Aniruddha Bose, and A.S. Bopanna have much to do...

But before they demit office, the judges have to decide on at least 29 important cases pending before them, court records accessed by ThePrint show...

He is part of a five-judge bench led by Chief Justice D.Y.Chandrachud hearing the legal challenge against the August 2019 decision to abrogate Articles 370 and 35 both of which gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir..

Apart from these cases, Justice Kaul is part of a seven-judge constitutional bench that will decide if sub-quotas should be given within reserved SC and ST categories..

In this case, a seven-judge SC bench will decide whether a legislator can claim immunity from prosecution under Article 194 (2) of the Constitution in cases allegedly involving bribes taken to vote a certain way...

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