Editor's Pick: CJI mulls listing of pleas on removal of J&K special status

Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Monday said he would discuss with other judges and consider listing, after summer vacations, the petitions challenging the abrogation of special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370, which stripped the people of their special privileges. Summer holidays begin from May 23 and the court reopens on July 11. Chief Justice Ramana retires on August 26. “Let me see after the vacations…This is a five-judge Bench case…Let me also ask other judges,” the CJI said, addressing a group of senior advocates, including P. Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal and Shekhar Naphade. The senior advocates, in an oral mentioning before the CJI, said the Article 370 case had been pending in the Supreme Court for more than two years even as a separate challenge has been filed against the Centre’s decision to appoint a Delimitation Commission to redraw Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. “Let the case be listed immediately after the vacations,” Mr. Chidambaram said. The case has not come up after a five-judge Bench led by Justice Ramana (as he was then), in an order in March 2020, refused to refer the petitions to a larger Bench. The petitions have challenged the Presidential Order of August 5, 2019, which blunted Article 370. The Article had accorded special rights and privileges to the people of Jammu and Kashmir since 1954 in accordance with the Instrument of Accession. As pointed out in an editorial recently in The Hindu, the proposed remapping of the Assembly constituencies in the Union Territory (UT) by the J&K Delimitation Commission has got the entire spectrum of regional parties in the Valley up in arms. For at the core of their protest is the fear of a shift of political power to the Jammu region. The petition is pending as is the petition challenging the abrogation of Article 370. The report is on the front page of The Hindu as everyone looks up to the Court for an amicable solution. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Head over to our newsletter subscription page to sign up for Editor‘s Pick and more. Click here The Hindu’s Editorials Data, interrupted: On official household spending survey Victory and challenge: On re-election of Emmanuel Macron The Hindu’s Daily Quiz Name the village in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir that has become the first panchayat in the country to become carbon-neutral, fully powered by solar energy? Palli Salar Punch Ichi Nar To find out the answer and play the full quiz, click here [logo] Editor's Pick 26 APRIL 2022 [The Hindu logo] In the Editor's Pick newsletter, The Hindu explains why a story was important enough to be carried on the front page of today's edition of our newspaper. [Arrow]( [Open in browser]( [Mail icon]( [More newsletters]( CJI to ask other judges before listing of pleas on removal of J&K special status Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Monday said [he would discuss with other judges]( and consider listing, after summer vacations, the petitions challenging the abrogation of special status of Jammu and Kashmir under [Article 370]( which stripped the people of their special privileges. Summer holidays begin from May 23 and the court reopens on July 11. [Chief Justice Ramana retires]( on August 26. “Let me see after the vacations…This is a five-judge Bench case…Let me also ask other judges,” the CJI said, addressing a group of senior advocates, including P. Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal and Shekhar Naphade. The senior advocates, in an oral mentioning before the CJI, said the Article 370 case had been pending in the Supreme Court for more than two years even as a separate challenge has been filed against the Centre’s decision to appoint a Delimitation Commission to redraw Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. “Let the case be listed immediately after the vacations,” Mr. Chidambaram said. The case has not come up after a five-judge Bench led by Justice Ramana (as he was then), in an order in March 2020, refused to refer the petitions to a larger Bench. The petitions have challenged the Presidential Order of August 5, 2019, which blunted Article 370. The Article had accorded special rights and privileges to the people of Jammu and Kashmir since 1954 in accordance with the Instrument of Accession. As pointed out in an editorial recently in The Hindu, the proposed remapping of the Assembly constituencies in the Union Territory (UT) by the J&K Delimitation Commission has got the entire spectrum of regional parties in the Valley up in arms. For at the core of their protest is the fear of a shift of political power to the Jammu region. The petition is pending as is the petition challenging the abrogation of Article 370. The report is on the front page of The Hindu as everyone looks up to the Court for an amicable solution. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? 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