Supreme Court of India rejects petitions seeking review of Article 370 ruling

Supreme Court of Indiahas dismissedpetitions seeking a review of a December 2023 decision that upheld a decision by the Indian Parliament toabrogatethe special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

A five-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant and AS Bopanna concluded that the earlier judgment was impeccable.

"Having perused the review petitions, there is no error apparent on the face of the record. No case for review under Order XLVII Rule 1 of the Supreme Court Rules 2013. The review petitions are, therefore, dismissed," the bench noted in its May 1 order made public on Tuesday (May 21).

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In its December 11 decision, the court had upheld the presidential orderwhichtook away the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. It refused to intervene after the Solicitor General, the government's advocate, assured the court thatthe statehood of the Jammu and Kashmir territory would be restoredat the earliest.

In the landmark judgment, the Supreme Court had upheld the abrogation of Article 370 granting semi-autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir. The court ruled that the Parliament had the legislative competence to enact the laws and thatthe abrogation did not violate the basic structure of the Constitution.

The court also approved the formation of Ladakh as a separate Union Territory (UT), citing parliament's powers to do so without taking the state assembly's nod.

Petitioners Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, Awami National Conference, Muzaffar Iqbal Khan and Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement had contended that the Constitution Bench reached ‘erroneous conclusions’, said reports.

(With inputs from agencies)