The Supreme Court on Friday (October 10) granted the Centre four weeks to file its response on a batch of pleas seeking the restoration of statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
2023 SC verdict
On December 11, 2023, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the Centre's decision to revoke Article 370, which accorded special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
In its ruling, the Court directed that assembly elections be conducted in the Union Territory by September 2024 and that statehood be restored "at the earliest."
Subsequently, a petition was filed seeking directions to the Centre for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood within two months.
(With agency inputs)