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Article 370 hearing: SC asks Akbar Lone who raised ‘Pak Zindabad’ slogans in J&K assembly to file affidavit affirming allegiance to India’s Constitution

OpIndia Staff - 4 September, 2023

National Conference MP Mohammad Akbar Lone is the key petitioner in petitions challenging the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370 of the constitution

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‘J&K’s statehood will be restored, Ladakh will remain a Union Territory’: SG Tushar Mehta during Article 370 hearing

OpIndia Staff - 29 August, 2023

The SG reiterated the govt’s stance that the statehood of J&K would be reinstated. However, he added that Ladakh will remain a UT.

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‘Any change in the Constitution that brings everyone at par can never be faulted with’: SG Tushar Mehta during Article 370 hearing

OpIndia Staff - 29 August, 2023

SG categorically highlighted why Article 370 is different from others. He said, “Article 370(3) has an in-built extinguishing provision. That's the distinction. This is the only provision that has a self-destructive clause. This shows it was intended to be temporary."