SC adjourns hearing on pleas challenging validity of Article 35-A
The apex court has listed the matter for hearing in the week commencing August 27 Current Affairs News : The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35-A , which gives special rights and privileges to people of Jammu and Kashmir, saying its three-judge bench has been hearing the case and will consider whether it has to be referred to a larger bench. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice A M Khanwilkar said the matter has to be heard by a three-judge bench and Justice D Y Chandrachud, who is also a part of the bench, was not present. The apex court has listed the matter for hearing in the week commencing August 27. CJI Misra observed that the apex court has to consider whether Article 35-A goes against the basic structure of the Constitution. Article 35-A , which was incorporated in the Constitution by a 1954 Presidential Order, accords special rights and privileges to ...