Plea filed in Supreme Court to restore J&K Statehood within two months
- In Reports
- 10:40 PM, Oct 07, 2024
- Myind Staff
A plea has been submitted to the Supreme Court, requesting that the Union Government restore the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir within a period of two months.
The application has been filed as a Miscellaneous Application in the disposed of matter "In Re: Article 370 of the Constitution" in which the Supreme Court upheld the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
In that judgment, the Court did not address the issue of the constitutionality of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019, which converted J&K into a Union Territory, in view of the assurance given by the Solicitor General that the Statehood will be restored. The Court merely directed, "Restoration of statehood shall take place at the earliest and as soon as possible", without setting any timeline.
The applicants, college teacher Zahoor Ahmed Bhat and activist Khurshid Ahmad Malik, argued that despite assurances from the Solicitor General regarding the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood, the Union Government has failed to take any action in the eleven months following the judgment in the Article 370 case. They contended that the non-restoration of statehood undermines the fundamental principles of federalism.
"The non-restoration of the status of Statehood of Jammu and Kashmir in a time-bound manner violates the idea of federalism which forms a part of the basic structure of the Constitution of India," they said.
The applicants noted that the Assembly elections were conducted peacefully, indicating that there are no obstacles to restoring statehood.
"Therefore, there is no impediment of security concerns, violence or any other disturbances which would hinder or prevent the grant/restoration of the status of Statehood to Jammu and Kashmir as had been assured by the Union of India in the present proceedings," the application stated.
The application was submitted by Advocate Soyaib Qureshi.
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