Kashmir leaders,SC only institution that can uphold supremacy of Constitution

The Supreme Court will have to take a bold stand for upholding the majesty of the Constitution.Mehbooba Mufti 

Unfortunately nobody is talking about the  Instrument of Accession. It is because of Article-370 that the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir temporary  acceded with India otherwise  Jammu and Kashmir  wasn't part of India. So if you  want to remove Article-370 then Jammu and Kashmir   can't remain the part of India.  And another thing is  that there is the  UN Resolution for Kashmir dispute, in which Jawahirlal Nehru has promised the people of J&K that you will be given the opportunity to decide your future by the means of memorandum, that were the terms and conditions on which Instrument of Accession was signed. So better for India would be to either restore the constitution of Jammu and Kashmir 1954 or let the Kashmiris decide their future by means of vote, whether they want  same as before Independent  Jammu and Kashmir or they want to merge with India or Pak. Sheikh Gulzar 

The abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019 provoked intense diplomatic response from the international community. For the most part, India received widespread support for its decision. At the same time, however, there have been criticisms of the restrictions imposed in the region on communication and civil liberties. China and Pakistan, in particular, reacted with hostility and attempted to open a new chapter on Kashmir at the United Nations Security Council. This paper explores how the global conversations on the issue of the erstwhile Kashmir have shifted. It argues that the decision to revoke Article 370 has caused a significant degree of international backlash for India, affecting the country’s narrative on the Valley.

Kriti M Shah and Khalid Shah

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CJI asks if petitioners want Supreme Court to assess government’s ‘wisdom’ in repealing Article 370

Dushyant Dave says abrogation exercise was “bereft of any reasons”, prompting the CJI to ask if petitioners wanted the SC to review the basis of the Centre’s decision to repeal the provision

The Supreme Court, hearing a series of petitions against the abrogation of Article 370, said that its ambit lay in investigating whether the repeal of the provision in August 2019 amounted to a “constitutional violation”. 

The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared unenthusiastic to accept an “invitation” to judicially review the “wisdom” behind the Union government’s decision to abrogate Article 370, which had given a special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

Instead, the Constitution Bench said that its ambit lay in investigating whether the repeal of the provision in August 2019 amounted to a “constitutional violation”.

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“Are you inviting the court to review the wisdom of the decision of the Government of India on the abrogation of Article 370? Are you saying that judicial review should reassess the basis of the government decision that it was not in national interest to continue with Article 370?” Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud asked. More info : https://www.thehindu.com/

"The exercise of abrogation is a complete fraud on the Constitution. In the BJP manifesto, they had promised abrogation, and this Court had ruled that these manifestos cannot be against the constitutional scheme and spirit. Now because you have majority in Parliament, you have done this and it is all because you told people to vote for you and you will abrogate it. This shows power exercised for colourable considerations. President is not a rubber stamp; majority does not speak, it is not a constituent power."

After Dave concluded, Senior Advocate Shekhar Naphade began his submissions for the petitioners.

He said that the Presidential proclamation leading to the abrogation was "clearly without jurisdiction," since the Governor had already dissolved the assembly and assumed all powers of the State.

"This assuming of power will not mean breakdown of law and order machinery. This is a jurisdictional issue and Article 356 has been invoked for a collateral purpose and the collateral purpose is apparent on the face of the record. The J&K Reorganization Act is born in unconstitutionality."

At this point, CJI Chandrachud asked what happens when one unites two States.

J&K did not completely integrate with India

Shah reiterated submissions he had made towards the end of yesterday that although J&K “unconditionally acceded” to India through the Instrument of Accession, it did not “integrate” with India since no “merger agreement” was executed.

He further added that the powers subsumed in Article 370 can either be termed as “sovereign or residuary” powers. Zafar Shah (Advocate)

Why did J&K need Article 370?

Shah submitted that since no merger agreement was signed, J&K maintained its “constitutional autonomy”. He added that it was through the residuary powers to make laws that the State exercised its autonomy.

Seed Bank Kashmir

Seed Bank Kashmir

The Jammu and Kashmir Medicinal Plants Introduction Center is constructing a special depot at Glacier Cave in Pahalgam to preserve the seeds of all crops around the world.

The thousands of seeds stored on this glacier will be used by the bank in the event of a catastrophic disaster or nuclear war in the world and crop damage.
The cave was built to protect the seeds stored in the event of a nuclear war or natural disaster.

The Jammu and Kashmir Medicinal Plants Introduction Center will set up an observatory in a cave on this glacier gene to create a 'seed bank'. In this regard, the Jammu and Kashmir Medical Plants Introduction Center has also decided to send a proposal to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

Sheikh Gulzar, a volunteer at the institute, said the seeds of all the world's crops would be kept in the cave.

Sheikh Gulzar said that there are 1,400 such seed banks in the world at present but they are all located in places where there is either political instability or in places where there is a risk of natural disasters. 

The temperature of the plugs will help keep these seeds safe. The walls of the bank will be made of lightweight concrete and its doors will be made of special iron sheets.

Availability of planting material, tree saplings, herb seed, flower seeds, fruit plants, creepers & climbers, medicinal herbs, herbal roots, crude drugs, bulbs, tree bark, herbal tea, corms, rhizomes, stem tubers & root tubers, aromatic plants.

For more details :
Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh Seed Bank
POB 40 GPO Srinagar, JK 190001
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