In no way was the integration of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) with India in 1948 conditional, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while hearing the batch of petition challenging the abrogation of Article 370.
In a Constitutional democracy like India, opinion of people on public issues is sought through established institutions and not referendums as it happened in Brexit in the United Kingdom, the Supreme Court said.
The Central government in a fresh affidavit on Monday vehemently defended its move of abrogating Article 370, which had given the erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir a special status