NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court will hear a petition on August 14 seeking the return of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. The hearing was set earlier for today, but has now been postponed.
The case has been filed by Zahoor Ahmed Bhat and activist Khurshaid Ahmad Malik, who say the Centre has delayed fulfilling its promise to restore statehood.
They point to the Supreme Court’s ruling in December 2023, which upheld the removal of Article 370 and agreed to the division of the former state into two Union Territories: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. At that time, the Centre assured the court that statehood would be restored “as soon as possible.”
