SC To Decide If It Will Give Article 370 To a Larger Bench 

  • SC will decide today if petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, should be heard by a larger seven-judge bench.
  • A five-judge Constitution bench presided by Justice N V Ramana had reserved its order on the reference of the case to a larger bench on January 23.
  • Let us tell you, the central govt had scrapped Article 370 in August last year.
  • After this, it ended special provisions accorded to J&K and bifurcated it into two union territories - J&K and Ladakh.
  • At least 23 petitions have been filed in the SC challenging the central govt’s decision.
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