Lack Of Electoral Democracy Cannot Be Allowed To Go On ‘Indefinitely’, Says SC New Delhi: The Government of India told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the union territory status of Jammu and Kashmir is not a “permanent thing” and that it will make an elaborate statement on the vexatious political issue in the court […]
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said the arguments by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in Supreme Court during the hearings on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 vindicated her party’s stand that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir was far from normal. The Solicitor General on Tuesday informed a five-judge […]
Srinagar: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Rajani Patil on Saturday said the delay in the conduct of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir implies that the BJP is scared. Patil, the AICC in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir affairs, was here to attend a ceremony to felicitate the newly-inducted Congress Central Working Committee members. […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking a declaration that abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, which bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, was constitutionally valid. Terming the plea as “misconceived”, a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said the issue of constitutional […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said BJP government had insulted National Conference founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah who worked for accession of the only Muslim-majority state to India. Mufti made the remark apparently in reference to the dropping of ‘Sher’, a popular moniker of Sheikh Abdullah, from the Kashmir International Convention Centre. Replying to […]
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Monday said why the BJP is scared of holding the assembly elections. He said the appointment of JKLF chief Mohammad Yasin Malik’s wife as a special advisor to Pakistan’s newly appointed caretaker prime minister was the neighbouring country’s internal matter. Mishal Hussain Malik, a Pakistani national married to […]
SC Says Its Ambit Is To See Whether Repeal Of Provisions In August 2019 Amounted To “Constitutional Violation” New Delhi: Amid arguments that Article 3470 was not just a letter but the beliefs of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the Supreme Court of India on Thursday said that its ambit was to see whether […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked whether Parliament could have enacted the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, which divided the erstwhile state into two union territories, during the subsistence of President’s Rule in 2018-2019. The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill was tabled and passed by the Rajya Sabha on August 5, 2019 and […]
New Delhi: PDP leader and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday invoked Lord Ram and his Raghu’ clan to say the promise made by Indians to Jammu and Kashmir natives in 1947 was on trial in the Supreme Court in which “fortunately” they still have some faith. The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir has been deprived of a popular government for the past few years and is being ruled by an “air-dropped bureaucratic setup” which has no idea about the sentiments of people, the National Conference said on Wednesday. NC state spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi also did not talk […]