The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday sought a timeframe for restoring statehood to Jammu-Kashmir from the Centre. The court was hearing petitions challenging the scrapping of Article 370. On Thursday, the central government informed the apex court that it is ready for elections at any time in Jammu and Kashmir. However, it refrained from giving a specific timeframe for restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the government said that the process of updating the voter list is substantially over. He added that the legislative assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir are likely to be carried out after panchayat polls and municipal polls. However, it is for the State Election Commission and the Central Election Commission to decide which election should take place first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tushar Mehta told the five-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud that there are three elections which are due. He added that for the first time a three-tier panchayat raj system was introduced. The first election would be for panchayats. District development council elections have already taken place, he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the Centre has refrained from giving a specific timeframe for restoring statehood for Jammu and Kashmir. However, it clarified earlier that the Union Territory status is temporary. On Thursday, Tushar Mehta highlighted that terrorist initiated instances have declined by 45.2% and infiltration by 90.2% as compared to the situation in 2018. He underscored that the situation of stone pelting has reduced by 97.2% and casualties among security forces by 65.9%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the other hand, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud mentioned that the bench will deal with the legality of the abrogation of Article 370 on the constitutional grounds and that facts relating to election or statehood will not affect that determination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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