Supreme Court: The bench of JS Khehar, CJ and AK Goel and Dr. DY Chandrachud, JJ issued notice to the Centre seeking it’s response on the validity of the special status of the State of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution.
As per the petitioner Kumari Vijayalakshmi Jha, Article 370 of the Constitution had lapsed automatically with the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir on January 26, 1957. The plea also urged to declare the separate Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir as invalid. The petitioner approached the Supreme Court after her plea was dismissed by the Delhi High Court last year.
Source: ANI