Sovereignty Of Jammu And Kashmir Was Temporary

The "demotion" of Jammu and Kashmir to a Union Territory indicates that this can be done to any state, a petitioner argued today as the Supreme Court heard a bunch of petitions challenging the Centre's move to end the special status of the state under Article 370 and bifurcate it. The Court has deferred the decision on whether to send the case — currently being heard by a five-judge constitution bench — to a seven-judge bench.

"A state was demoted to the status of a Union Territory using Article 3 of the Constitution for the first time. If they (the Centre) do this for one state, they can do it for any state," said senior advocate Rajiv Dhavan, representing one of the petitioners. The centre, he said, "deliberately imposed President's Rule for this" so they do not have to take anyone's concurrence.

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