JAMMU: The Supreme Court is set to hear a batch of petitions seeking the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood on Friday.
According to the cause list, the matter has been listed at serial number 17 before a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI).
“The case is listed for hearing on October 10 before a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India,” said advocate Soayib Qureshi, who is among the counsel in the matter.
During an earlier hearing on August 14, the Supreme Court had remarked that the ground realities in Jammu and Kashmir must be taken into account, noting that incidents such as the Pahalgam attack could not be ignored.
“You must also take into account the ground realities; you cannot ignore what happened in Pahalgam,” a bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran had observed.
The petitioners have argued that the continued delay in restoring statehood violates the principle of federalism, which forms part of the basic structure of the Constitution.
They have also pointed out that no timeline has been laid out for implementing the Supreme Court’s December 2023 directive, which stated that the “restoration of statehood shall take place at the earliest and as soon as possible.”
