SC Agrees To Review Centre's 370 Move

Court rejects argument that notice to the Govt will have a ‘Cross-Border Repercussion’

- Aneesha Mathur

If A citizen wants to travel to any part of the country you cannot stop him,” observed the Supreme Court on Wednesday, even as it allowed the restrictions on communication and travel in Jammu and Kashmir to continue for now.

As the newly minted Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir entered its 24th day of the communication lockdown, the SC on Wednesday heard 14 PILs regarding J&K. The 14 PILs on Article 370, restrictions in J&K were listed for hearing before a bench comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices SA Bobde and S Abdul Nazeer. While hearing two of the petitions, the SC issued two notices to the Centre. In one of the notices, the CJI Gogoi-led bench said all the petitions on Article 370 will be taken up by a five-judge SC bench in October.