Chief Justice's High Praise For Sheikh Abdullah During Article 370 Hearing
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Chief Justice Chandrachud intervened when senior lawyer Kapil Sibal left some portions of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah's speech in the constituent assembly unread, during the hearing of Article 370.
A speech by Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah - the first elected Prime Minister of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir - was cited and praised for its foresightedness in the Supreme Court today by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud himself. Justice Chandrachud intervened when senior lawyer Kapil Sibal left some portions of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah's speech in the constituent assembly unread, during the hearing of Article 370.
The Chief Justice started reading the speech and concluded that "Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah had a vision in 1951 which the world is talking about today".
As the Supreme Court resumed hearing pleas challenging the revocation of Article 370 by the Central government, Sheikh Abdullah's role as a member of the constituent Assembly of India and constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir came as part of the argument.