CPM files intervention plea in SC on Article 370

New Delhi, December 15

The CPM has filed an intervention plea in the pending special leave petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of Article 370 of the Constitution, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

The intervention plea was filed through advocate-on-record Resmitha R Chandran. Senior advocate PV Surendranath will argue the matter in the apex court for the party.

“The party is of the unequivocal opinion that Article 370 shall in no circumstance be annulled, modified or repealed. The party opposes the relief sought in the special leave petition,” CPM leader and Kulgam MLA MY Tarigami said in a statement.

“The special status guaranteed to the state of Jammu Kashmir under the Constitution of India which has assumed the permanent feature of the Constitution requires protection as any alteration would be against the policy of federalism envisaged by the framers of the Constitution,” he said.

Jammu and Kashmir acceded to India in unique circumstances and it poses a unique problem which requires a unique solution, he said. — PTI