Centre To Spell Out Timeframe To Restore Jammu & Kashmir Statehood Today
NDTV
Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta will make a statement before a constitution bench of the Supreme Court which is currently hearing a batch of pleas challenging the revocation of Article 370.
The Centre is likely to provide a timeframe on restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood to the Supreme Court today, more than four years after the state was converted into a Union Territory.Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta will make a statement before a constitution bench of the Supreme Court which is currently hearing a batch of pleas challenging the revocation of Article 370 under which Jammu and Kashmir had a special constitutional status.
On Tuesday, Mr Mehta had told the top court that he will make a "positive statement" on Thursday after he was asked to take instructions from the government and return with a timeframe for restoring the statehood.
"I have taken instructions. The instructions are that Union Territory (of Jammu and Kashmir) is not a permanent feature. I will make a positive statement the day after tomorrow. Ladakh will remain a UT," he had told the court.