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New Delhi, Supreme Court on Tuesday announced that the petitions challenging . abrogation of Article 370 will be heard from August 2, and the hearing would be on a daily basis except on Mondays and Fridays .
The directions came immediately after the list of the schedule for the day came up before the Constitution Bench , which was scheduled to start hearing the petitions challenging abrogation of Article 370 . These petitions, filed by various parties and individuals had stated that the August 5, 2019 action of the Government in scrapping Article 370 and 35 A was “ unconstitutional and illegal.”. The government, however , insisted that the change was made as this was a “ temporary provision” , and its abrogation has brought unprecedented era of peace and development in Jammu and Kashmir .
The Supreme Court directed a day-to -day hearing of petitions -23 of them- relating to the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir from August 2. The hearing of pleas will be on the day-to-day basis except for Monday and Friday, said the court.
The Supreme Court appointed two advocates as nodal counsels for the preparation of common convenience compilations of documents. It said written submissions shall also be filed on or before July 27 and no further additions to the convenience compilation shall be permissible.
The Centre said it won’t rely upon the contents of the affidavit filed a day ago to bring on record the scenario in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370.
