Supreme Court hearing on Article 370 abrogation | Day 5
The HinduThe Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud while heading a Constitution Bench observed on August 10 that the sovereignty of Jammu and Kashmir was ceded completely to the Union of India after its accession and that fetters on the powers of the Parliament to legislate on certain subjects do not affect the Union’s sovereignty over J&K. The Bench is hearing a series of petitions challenging the President’s abrogation of Article 370 from the Indian Constitution. Mr. Shah also said that the Governor of J&k had committed ‘serious constitutional misconduct’ by recommending the abrogation of Article 370 to the President which resulted in the promulgation of the Presidential Order. The Constitution Bench on August 3 had asked whether Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, is being equated to the Basic Structure of the Constitution.