New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking quashing of Article 370 which gives special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The petition had said that the Constitution does not allow the benefits of Article 370 for a long term but it has been imposed in the state since a long time.
There had been a raging debate over Article 370 soon after the Narendra Modi government had taken charge. Union Minister Jitendra Singh had sparked off a controversy by saying that the Central government had started speaking to stakeholders to repeal the Act.
"The process of repealing Article 370 has started. We are speaking to the stakeholders," Jitendra Singh had said.
Clarifying the statement, the government said that it will come up with a "structured" response to the issue of Article 370. "At the appropriate time, the Government of India, led by Narendra Modi, will come with a response on the issue of Article 370," Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
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