The bench noted that Article 3 says that parliament may, by law, form new States and alter areas, boundaries or names of the existing States, and this power extends to UTs.
Supreme Court reserved its verdict in the plea challenging the notifications for the delimitation of assembly constituencies in the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir
In North India, the party has already lost Delhi and Punjab to AAP, failed to prevent the BJP's return to power in Haryana and Uttarakhand, and now faces infighting in its J&K and Himachal Pradesh units.