NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid said the Supreme Court missed a crucial chance to examine federalism in its “extreme form” in the Article 370 case after accepting the government’s assurance on restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s full statehood.

Speaking at the launch of two books by journalist-writer Bashir Assad, “Kashmir: The Unfiltered Truth” and “House Without Witness”, on Monday, Khurshid argued that while the Constitution speaks of fraternity, equality and liberty, federalism has not always received the attention it deserves in judicial interpretation.

“Federalism is something we perhaps lost out on when there was a chance for the SC to take up what was a true test case of federalism… There was a crucial moment when an Article 370 matter came before the SC to examine federalism in its extreme form.