The Court held that Article 370 was only intended as a transitory provision and was temporary in character and thus, the President was empowered to abrogate it.
The Parliament passed the Jammu-Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill and Jammu-Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2023, following the Supreme Court s upholding of Article 370. The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act of 2004 allows reservation in jobs and professional institutions for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and other backward classes. The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, reorganizes the state into Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
The power ministry has allocated 1,500 MW from the central pool to meet the winter requirements of J&K. While under the Shakti policy, the union territory will get 472 MW, for which, a power purchase agreement is proposed to be signed by the end of December.
According to the cause list for December 11, Monday, uploaded on the apex court website, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud would deliver the verdict