What’s The Time Frame to Make J&K a State Again, Supreme Court Asks Centre

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Union Government to provide a “timeframe” to restore the statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, reported NDTV.

While hearing several petitions challenging the abolition of Article 370, which gave J&K its special status, the apex court asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, “Can you convert a State into a UT? Can a UT be carved out of a State?”

Answering this question, Tushar Mehta said it can happen by citing examples of Assam, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh.

In 2019 the government scrapped Article 370 and split Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories – J&K and Ladakh.

At that time the government had assured that statehood would restored “once the situation returns to normal”.

A statement (on the restoration of statehood for J&K) has been made on the floor of Parliament. Efforts are being made… once the situation returns to normal,” Tushar Mehta told the court.