Constitution Bench Hearing News Today

Stressing that only the legislature or the executive can undertake such an exercise, the Court said it will step into that arena.

Merely because the mettle of the ‘concerned’ lawmaker proved to be that of a lesser mortal or tainted being, constitutional principles cannot be forsaken or whittled down.

Justifying the abrogation of Article 370, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said, “The mistakes of the past must not befall the future generation. We have undone the past mistake in 2019. The government can correct itself, which we did. I am justifying that correction.” 

"I teach Indian politics to students of Jammu & Kashmir and it is very embarrassing and difficult for people like me since 2019," Bhat had said in his submissions before the apex court.