Won't Rely On Centre's Article 370 Affidavit For Larger Issue: Supreme Court

CJI DY Chandrachud said the affidavit will have no bearing on the constitutional question.

Following a submission from the centre, the Supreme Court said today that the government's fresh affidavit on Article 370 will have no bearing on the constitutional issue and it will not be relied on for the purpose. 

The court was hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and the state's bifurcation into two Union Territories.

In its affidavit filed before the Supreme Court yesterday, the Union Home Ministry had defended the scrapping of Article 370 and cited the improved law and order situation in Kashmir to justify the decision it had taken in August 2019.