India's Supreme Court has upheld the decision to revoke Kashmir's special status
India's Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of the law revoking Jammu and Kashmir's special status. The bill in this regard was passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in 2019.
"We consider it valid that the president who revokes Article 370 of the Constitution is exercising the power to issue a constitutional order," Anadolu Agency quoted the words of the constitutional panel of the Supreme Court of India.
The Supreme Court has asked the government to hold local elections by September next year.
Thus, the government's decision to abrogate the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was upheld by the supreme court, and there is now no legal appeal against the decision in India. The revocation of the region's autonomous status in 2019 led to a deterioration in relations with Pakistan, which controls part of the region and disputes its ownership.
Earlier, a number of citizens of the country, several groups and political parties had approached the Supreme Court of India with about 20 petitions, demanding that Modi's decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir should be declared unconstitutional.
Meanwhile, former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, said the police were keeping them under house arrest pending a ruling by the Supreme Court of India. Also, the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party said that the police had sealed the doors of its headquarters.
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