New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said there are no reasons to refer a batch of pleas, challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre's decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 on August 5 last year, to a larger seven-judge bench.
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Supreme Court refuse to refer to a larger bench a batch of pleas, challenging the constitutional validity of Centre's 5th August 2019 decision of abrogating provisions of Article 370. pic.twitter.com/5fXTRDBRcZ
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A five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice N V Ramana pronounced the order.
The apex court had on January 23 reserved its order on the issue of whether the batch of pleas would be referred to a larger seven-judge bench. (PTI)
