Unlikely That Supreme Court Will Hold Government's Actions On Article 370 'Unconstitutional'

Constitutional lawyer Harish Salve has said that the procedure followed to revoke the special status of J&K was the same as that used to replace Sadr-e-Riyasat and Wazir-e-Azam with Governor and CM.
Harish Salve, one of India’s foremost constitutional lawyers, has said that it is unlikely that the Supreme Court will hold the government’s decision to nullify Article 370 ‘unconstitutional’. Salve said that the procedure followed to abrogate Article 370 was the same as that used in the 1960s when Sadr-e-Riyasat and Wazir-e-Azam of the state were changed to Governor and Chief Minister.

Salve further said that the apex court had upheld the decision to replace the posts – Sadr-e-Riyasat and Wazir-e-Azam with terms – Governor and Chief Minister and added that a precedent was thus established and was unlikely to be contested against. Excerpts of Salve’s interview with an English news channel were reported by news agency IANS.
Salve said that the powers of the Assembly to pass resolution are transferred to the Parliament under the President’s Rule and therefore, in the present situation, ‘there is nothing unconstitutional about the way J&K has been demoted and divided’.