NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to accord urgent hearing to a plea filed by a Congress activist against the Government’s decision to impose restrictions and “other regressive measures” in Jammu and Kashmir after revoking the provisions of Article 370.
The petition was mentioned before a bench of Justices N V Ramana and Ajay Rastogi which said that the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi will decide its listing before an appropriate bench for hearing.
The bench declined the plea for urgent hearing and asked the registry to place the petition before the CJI.
Advocate Suhail Malik, appearing for activist Tehseen Poonawalla, said he is not expressing any opinion on Article 370 but has sought withdrawal of ‘curfew/restrictions’ and other alleged regressive measures including blocking of phone lines, Internet and news channels. (AGENCIES)
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