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Article 370: Supreme Court verdict on pleas challenging curbs in J&K today

A bench of Justice N V Ramana, Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice B R Gavai had reserved the judgement on November 27 last year

Envoys J&K visit to display measures taken to restore normalcy: MEA

Diplomatic sources said envoys from several European countries conveyed to the government that they cannot go at such a notice and sought to visit Kashmir without any restrictions

15 foreign envoys' J&K visit attempt to normalise clampdown in valley: PDP

Envoys from 15 countries, including US Ambassador to India Kenneth I Juster, arrived in Srinagar on Thursday on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir

Amit Shah slams Congress over Artcle 370, Ayodhya verdict in Jharkhand

The BJP leader also accused the Congress-JMM combine of indulging in corruption and 'hoodwinking' the tribals and the poor

Every question by petitioners on Kashmir restrictions must be answered: SC

A bench headed by Justice NV Ramana told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, that petitioners challenging the restrictions have argued in detail and he will have to answer all questions

Article 370: 5-judge SC bench to hear pleas against abrogation tomorrow

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear from Tuesday a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre's abrogating the provisions of Article 370, which gave special status to erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. A 5-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice N V Ramana will commence the hearing on a batch of petitions including that of private individuals, lawyers, activists and political parties like National Conference, Sajjad Lone-led J&K Peoples Conference and CPI (M) leader Mohd Yousuf Tarigami. The bench, also comprising Justices S K Kaul, R Subhash Reddy, B R Gavai and Surya Kant, had on November 14 refused to pass any interim order on the pleas saying it might lead to delay in the matter and the apex court would settle all the issues at one go after hearing all the parties. On Monday, a bench headed by Justice N V Ramana asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and senior advocate Raju Ramachandaran to come prepared in the matter. The bench also asked the

Article 370 abrogation illegal, J&K people bypassed: Petitioners to SC

The Centre's decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 was "unconstitutional" since people of Jammu and Kashmir were "bypassed" and any proposal for altering the constitutional status of the erstwhile state should emanate from the citizens there, one of the petitioners said in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. A 5-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice N V Ramana, which commenced hearing on batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre's decision, was told by the petitioner that it was violative of the Constitution as orders were passed in "disregard of consent" of people of J&K. Provisions of Article 370, which gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, was abrogated by the Centre on August 5. A number of petitions have been filed in the matter including that of private individuals, lawyers, activists and political parties and they have also challenged the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019, which splits J&K into two ...

Being a constitutional court

The current trend of hearing high profile cases end to end should be carried forward

Top events today: Kashmir opens for tourists, US-China trade talks, & more

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to appear before a magisterial court in Surat to defend himself in a criminal defamation case filed against him

Will have appropriate safeguards: Jitendra Singh on J&K domicile issue

The Congress sought adequate legal and constitutional safeguards to protect the rights of the locals to land and jobs

Centre mulling mandatory 15-year residency norm for govt jobs in JK

The move came after several organisations in Jammu and Kashmir expressed fears of outsiders grabbing jobs, lands and seats in academic institutions after the abrogation of Article 370

JK ex-CMs' release is UT's decision; no one called them anti-national: Shah

Many political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, including the three former chief ministers, were detained on August 5

Two army soldiers killed in gunfight with Pakistani infiltrators in J&K

The infiltrators were intercepted in the Khari Thrayat forest when they were trying to sneak into India from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir

SMS returns to mobile phones, internet returns to govt hospitals in Kashmir

However, Internet and pre-paid mobile services in Kashmir are yet to be restored

Internet, SMS services to be restored in Kashmir from December 31 midnight

On December 10, some short message service (SMS) were enabled on mobile phones in order to facilitate students, scholarship applicants, traders and others.

Year in Review: 11 crucial Bills passed by Indian Parliament in 2019

From Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to J&K Reorganisation Bill and Triple Talaq Bill, here are the most crucial Bills passed by Parliament in 2019

'Not acceptable': Oppn protests opening of J&K govt job for outsiders

Questioning the Jammu and Kashmir High Court's decision to throw open vacancies in the district courts of the Union territories of J&K and Ladakh to candidates from all over the country, the opposition parties here on Monday demanded reservation of government jobs for locals. National Conference provincial president Devender Singh Rana demanded reservation of the J&K government jobs for locals, saying unemployment has alarmingly grown during the recent years. "J&K government jobs are for local educated unemployed youths and should be reserved for them only," said Rana, talking to reporters on the sideline of a religious function here. He expressed concern over limited avenues of employment in J&K, saying a thrust is needed to be laid on a fast-track recruitment process and to put in place a robust mechanism of employability. A roadmap had been drawn in this regard a few years back, which, he said, has fallen prey to political myopia. The NC leader demanded the launch ..

Four medium intensity earthquakes hit Jammu and Kashmir on Monday night

There was no immediate reports of casualty and damage to properties

Army prepared to deal with any security challenge in J-K: Gen Rawat

The Army chief downplayed reports of additional deployment by Pakistan in the area

Rehearsed in Kashmir, played out in rest of India

The script now playing out in the rest of the country, to suppress protests against the CAA, NRC and NPR, was not too long ago, rehearsed in Kashmir