Big day for J&K: SC verdict on Monday on pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370

NT Correspondent

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict on December 11 on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution which bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

According to the cause list of December 11, Monday, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud would deliver the verdict.

The apex court had on September 5 reserved its verdict in the matter after a marathon 16-day hearing.

The lawyers had dwelt on various issues including the constitutional validity of the Centre's August 5, 2019 decision to abrogate the provision, the validity of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, which split the erstwhile state into two Union Territories, challenges to imposition of Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir on June 20, 2018 and imposition of President's rule in the erstwhile state on December 19, 2018 and its extension on July 3, 2019.