SC Validate 370 Abrogation

New Delhi: Over four years after Jammu and Kashmir was reorganised into the two Union territories of J&K and Ladakh following the abrogation of Article 370, the Supreme Court said that the President’s exercise of power was not malafide.

Pronouncing the verdict, the Supreme Court’s five-judge Constitution Bench said the President’s 2019 order to scrap Jammu and Kashmir’s special status was valid.

The Supreme Court said a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud had a unanimous verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the abrogation of Article 370.

The Supreme Court, while pronouncing the verdict on the abrogation of Article 370 on Monday, said elections should be held in Jammu and Kashmir by September 2024 and statehood shall be restored as soon as possible.