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SC Directs Constitutional Bench To Hear Pleas Questioning The Validity Of Centre’s Decision On Article 370 

IANSSep 30, 2019, 01:26 PM | Updated 01:25 PM IST
Supreme Court of India (Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Supreme Court of India (Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)


The Supreme Court on Monday (30 September) referred the Constitution Bench to hear a bunch of petitions relating to the validity of the Centre's move to revoke Article 370 that gave special status to Kashmir.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has referred the pleas to the Constitution Bench, which has been filed by Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury, child rights activist Enakshi Ganguly, Executive Editor of the Kashmir Times Anuradha Bhasin, doctor Sameer Kaul and wife of Malaysia-based NRI businessman Asifa Mubeen.

The five-judge Constitution Bench is headed by Justice NV Ramana


However, the court directed Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) General Secretary Vaiko to file a fresh plea challenging the detention of former chief minister Farooq Abdullah, who is confined under the provisions of Public Safety Act.

(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)

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