More Rights To People After Ending Special Status: Jammu And Kashmir Administration To SC

Terming allegations that the rights of millions of people were violated by the post-August 5 restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir as an ill-informed and motivated campaign, the newly formed UT administration told the Supreme Court on Thursday while no right had been taken away from the people, scrapping of special status ensured several rights for the first time in 70 years. The Jammu and Kashmir administration, through solicitor general Tushar Mehta, answered pointed questions from a bench of Justices N V Ramana, R Subhash Reddy Reddy and B R Gavai to claim restoration of normalcy in the valley, saying all essential services like healthcare, schools and colleges, communication and public transport were running smoothly and most residents were happy with the newly conferred rights. “Only a minuscule population finds the return of normalcy disturbing,”