SC TO HEAR PLEA AGAINST DELIMITATION COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 29

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear the plea challenging the government’s decision to constitute a delimitation commission for redrawing constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir on grounds that it violated constitutional provisions on November 29. A bench of Justices SK Kaul and AS Oka was told by solicitor general Tushar Mehta that he has to put some documents on record in the matter.

Mehta said he had a word with the secretary concerned who dealt with the issue.the bench, while taking note of his submission, said the documents be filed within a week and posted the plea by two residents of Kashmir for hearing on November 29. The apex court had on May 13 observed that the petitioners have not challenged the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and therefore, pleadings related to it were to be ignored.