The Supreme Court assured on Thursday that it will schedule a hearing for a plea demanding the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood. The plea argues that the delay in restoring statehood is affecting the citizens’ rights in the region.

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• Plea moved by Zahoor Ahmed Bhat, college teacher, and activist Khurshid Ahmad Malik.
• Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan brought up the matter in court.
• Case was mentioned before CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Mishra.
• Plea claims restoring statehood should be time-bound as per earlier commitments.
• CJI Chandrachud confirmed the plea will be listed for hearing.
• Assembly elections in J&K recently concluded peacefully, showing no security concerns.
• Omar Abdullah sworn in as the first CM of the Union Territory of J&K.
• National Conference formed the government with Congress and independents.
• J&K was bifurcated into two UTs, J&K and Ladakh, after the 2019 abrogation of Article 370.
• The Supreme Court upheld the abrogation in December 2023 but agreed to review statehood issues.