Supreme Court Reserves Verdict On Pleas Challenging Restrictions

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved it verdict on pleas challenging the restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir, reported Bar and Bench. The bench of Justices NV Ramana, R Subhash Reddy, and BR Gavai, which was hearing a clutch of petitions including those filed by Kashmir Times Editor Anuradha Bhasin and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, did not give any date for the verdict.

The Centre had on August 5 abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, imposed a curfew there, and divided it into the two Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. While postpaid mobile services have resumed in Kashmir, the internet remains blocked.