Why SC has set a dangerous precedent by asking a Kashmiri MP to swear allegiance to the Constitution

The court’s direction has no basis in law. Personal opinions are irrelevant to the right to seek constitutional remedies, experts say.

https://scroll.in/article/1055475/why-sc-has-set-a-dangerous-precedent-by-asking-a-kashmiri-mp-to-swear-allegiance-to-the-constitution

#SupremeCourt #kashmir #article370case #MohammedAkbarLone #DYChandrachud #article32 ##article370 #article370abrogation #constitution #FundamentalRights #india

Supreme Court reserves verdict in Article 370 abrogation challenge

The government said the Valley had prospered in the past four-and-a-half years after the repeal of Article 370 in August 2019.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-reserves-verdict-in-article-370-abrogation-challenge/article67274228.ece

#kashmir #article370case #SupremeCourt #article370 #article370abrogation #constitution #federalism #DYChandrachud #india

J&K administration revokes suspension order of lecturer who argued against abrogation of Article 370

Zahoor Bhat was suspended after he told the Supreme Court that the abolition of the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir was against the Constitution.

https://scroll.in/latest/1055349/j-k-administration-revokes-suspension-order-of-lecturer-who-argued-against-abrogation-of-article-370

#kashmir #article370case #article370 #article370abrogation #constitution #JKGovt #TusharMehta #india

In re Article 370: Recap of 14 days of hearings

A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices S.K. Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant, is hearing a batch of petitions challenging the August 5, 2019 decision to end the autonomy guaranteed to J&K under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. The major highlights of each day and memorable quotes.

https://theleaflet.in/article-370-hearings-recap-after-day-1/

#kashmir #article370case #SupremeCourt #article370 #article370abrogation #constitution #india

J&K lecturer suspended for appearing in SC, arguing for petitioners in Article 370 case

A senior lecturer at a government school in Srinagar has been suspended from service after appearing in an ongoing hearing in the Supreme Court on the abrogation of Article 370. Zahoor Ahmad Bhat, an advocate, appeared in the apex court on Wednesday, arguing for the petitioners in the case.

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/srinagar/jk-lecturer-suspended-for-appearing-in-sc-arguing-for-petitioners-in-article-370-case-8909821/

#kashmir #srinagar #article370case #article370abrogation #article370 #SupremeCourt #india

Supreme Court judgment delivered four decades ago counters President’s rule in J&K

The minuscule verdict, containing just one paragraph, was produced by senior advocate Shekhar Naphade before a five-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud hearing the challenge to the repeal of Article 370 from the Indian Constitution.

#kashmir #article370 #constitution #article370abrogation #SupremeCourt #article356 #LegislativeAssembly #PresidentsRule #UnionGovt #BJP #SatyaPalMalik #governors #india

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-judgment-delivered-four-decades-ago-counters-president-rule-in-jk/article67216398.ece

Mirwaiz Sends J&K Administration a Legal Notice Against His 'Arbitrary, Illegal' Detention

All Parties Hurriyat Conference chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was put under house arrest along with other mainstream and some separatist leaders of Jammu and Kashmir on August 4, 2019.

#kashmir #MirwaizUmarFarooq #APHC #article370abrogation #JamiaMasjid #ManojSinha #india

https://thewire.in/rights/mirwaiz-sends-jk-administration-a-legal-notice-against-his-arbitrary-illegal-detention

A Broken Pact: An Excerpt from ‘A Dismantled State’

The terms of J&K’s Instrument of Accession have been compromised by the abrogation of Article 370, Anuradha Bhasin argues in her book.

#BookExcerpt #kashmir #AnuradhaBhasin #article370abrogation #article370 #InstrumentOfAccession #constitution #federalism #history #india #books #bookstodon #histodon

https://www.scobserver.in/journal/a-broken-pact-an-excerpt-from-a-dismantled-state/

As SC Questions ‘Special Treatment’ for J&K, a Look at Article 370’s Historicity

Understanding events in the 1950s is important to make sense of what actually transpired during the SC proceedings. Shakir Mir writes.

#kashmir #article370 #history #india #pakistan #article370abrogation #SupremeCourt #federalism #HinduNationalism #congress #BJP

https://www.thequint.com/opinion/as-sc-questions-special-treatment-for-jk-a-look-at-article-370s-historicity

India strips passports from several Kashmiris as Modi tightens grip on dissent

At least 10 people including Kashmiri academics, students and journalists have received notices about their passports, but that number could rise.

#kashmir #PassportSuspension #dissent #citizenship #article370abrogation #BJP #india

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/indian-government-strips-passports-kashmiri-dissent-modi

Article 370 hearing: In the guise of restoring democracy, we have decimated it, argues Kapil Sibal

The Supreme Court is hearing from August 2 a batch of petitions challenging abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution that bestowed special status on the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir. A five-judge constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud is conducting day-to-day hearings from today.

#kashmir #article370 #article370abrogation #SupremeCourt #DYChandrachud #democracy #constitution #CivilRights #india

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-hearing-on-article-370-abrogation-august-2/article67148861.ece

Backstory: Revisiting the Ruins of Kashmir’s Media Ahead of the Fourth Anniversary of August 5

A combination of media manipulation and military mobilisation marked those early days. As additional reinforcements of security forces were marched in to complement the estimated 700,000 Indian armed personnel permanently stationed in Kashmir (and this may be a gross underestimation), there was a media gag so impenetrable, so sudden, so cynical, so ruthless, that the entire region was blindsided.

#kashmir #article370abrogation #PressFreedom #media #militarisation #HumanRights #InternetShutdowns #BJP #constitution #hindutva #india

https://thewire.in/media/backstory-revisiting-the-ruins-of-kashmirs-media-ahead-of-the-fourth-anniversary-of-august-5

A tourist’s Kashmir diary: Majestic mountains framed by barbed wire

People who have nothing to do with politics, leave alone nursing thoughts of azaadi, are traumatised in a way that we will not even begin to understand.

#kashmir #HumanRights #IndianArmy #militarisation #article370abrogation #tourism #india

https://scroll.in/article/1051979/mountains-and-barbed-wires-the-unfreedom-of-kashmiris-what-the-tourists-see-in-kashmir-or-do-not

In Kashmir, Respect for National Symbols Cannot Be Commanded By Fear

The Centre's relationship with J&K is not a humane one. It is a relationship of the strong and the weak. When the weak cannot scream, they register their resistance by remaining silent.

#kashmir #NationalAnthem #HumanRights #militarisation #article370abrogation #policing #UnionGovt #india

https://thewire.in/rights/kashmir-respect-national-symbols-fear

Article 370: SC Rebuffs Modi Government in a Case of Great Significance to National Politics

The court has made it clear that its concern is in toto with determining whether what the Modi government did on August 5, 2019 was constitutionally tenable or not.

#kashmir #article370abrogation #SupremeCourt #BJP #constitution #india

https://thewire.in/law/supreme-court-narendra-modi-article-370

Interview: PDP President Mehbooba Mufti's take on Kashmir's plight, India's current situation and more

"Kashmir is no longer for Kashmiris. All the big contracts are being given to outsiders, to businessmen from Gujarat and Haryana and such places. Our businesses cannot match their wealth, so they are now subcontractors to outsiders. From sand to the big discovery of lithium, everything is being handed over to outsiders. And in a corrupt fashion. Apart from everything else, this is also the most corrupt government."

#kashmir #MehboobaMufti #PDP #article370abrogation #HumanRights #StateViolence #militarisation #security #hindutva #corruption #gujarat #BJP #manipur #india

https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/pdp-president-mehbooba-muftis-take-on-kashmirs-plight-indias-current-situation-and-more/cid/1949186

Detained Hundreds Of Kilometres From Home, Kashmiri Prisoners In Uttar Pradesh & Haryana Await Trial With No Access To Families

Since the revocation of Kashmir’s special status on 5 August 2019, as many as 343 persons accused in cases registered in the Union territory have been lodged in jails outside the Union territory. These include politicians, businessmen, those accused of being stone-throwers and other alleged criminals.

#kashmir #undertrials #UttarPradesh #haryana #ArmsAct #UAPA #imprisonment #HumanRights #srinagar #baramulla #militancy #article370abrogation #india

https://article-14.com/post/detained-hundreds-of-kilometres-from-home-kashmiri-prisoners-in-uttar-pradesh-haryana-await-trial-with-no-access-to-families-6498e942250a8

India secretly works to preserve reputation after ‘flawed democracy’ rating

Democracy Index downgrades country amid backsliding under nationalist rule of Narendra Modi.

#DemocracyIndex #NarendraModi #BJP #democracy #kashmir #article370abrogation #DelhiPogrom #HinduNationalism #india

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/22/india-democracy-index-flawed-preserve-reputation-narendra-modi

Lockdown, demonetisation to CAA, farm laws: How hasty policies have killed Indians

The costs of these measures have been high but their benefits are contested or unknown. Instead of accountability for deaths, there is authoritarian arrogance.

#UnionGovt #demonetisation #CAA #lockdown #COVID #article370abrogation #kashmir #UAPA #FarmLaws #aadhaar #BJP #economy #BJP #policies #india

https://scroll.in/article/1048364/lockdown-demonetisation-to-caa-farm-laws-how-hasty-policies-have-killed-indians

Pulwama, Modi, Corruption: Full Explosive Transcript of Satya Pal Malik’s Viral Interview

Malik, who was governor during the Pulwama terrorist attack of February 2019 and the scrapping of Article 370 in August that year, says the prime minister is “ill-informed” and “ignorant” about Kashmir.

#kashmir #pulwama #NarendraModi #SatyaPalSingh #governors #interview #article370abrogation #terrorism #adani #AdaniGroup #GautamAdani #TheWire #KaranThapar #india

https://thewire.in/politics/satya-pal-malik-full-interview-pulwama-modi