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The Supreme Court connected Friday (October 10, 2025) gave the Centre 4 weeks to record its effect connected a batch of pleas seeking restoration of Statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran was proceeding aggregate pleas, including those filed by academician Zahoor Ahmad Bhat and socio-political activistic Ahmad Malik, pressing for the implementation of the Centre’s assurance to reconstruct Statehood to Jammu and Kashmir “at the earliest”.
The counsel appearing for the petitioners referred to an undertaking recorded successful the Supreme Court’s December 2023 judgement that upheld the abrogation of Article 370.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said consultations were underway with the Jammu and Kashmir medication regarding the restoration of Statehood.
“This is simply a sui generis (unique) problem, and determination are wider concerns involved. Of course, determination was a solemn undertaking, but respective factors request to beryllium considered,” Mr. Mehta submitted.
The Solicitor General alleged that determination are immoderate radical who are spreading a circumstantial communicative and giving a grim representation of the Union Territory.
On December 11, 2023, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the revocation of Article 370, which accorded peculiar presumption to the erstwhile authorities of Jammu and Kashmir. It ordered that assembly elections beryllium held successful the national territory by September 2024 and its statehood beryllium restored "at the earliest".
Last year, a plea was filed successful the apical tribunal seeking directions to the Centre for the restoration of Statehood to Jammu and Kashmir wrong 2 months.
