No reason why Article 370 was taken away: Kapil Sibal in Supreme Court

During the Article 370 hearing in the Supreme Court, senior advocate Kapil Sibal said the integration of Jammu and Kashmir into India is, was and always has been “unquestionable”, and stated that there “was no reason” to strip the special status to the erstwhile state.

“The reason why I say that the Constitution of India was applicable to J&K is that over time, there were several orders issued which were incorporated into the Constitution – the result was that most powers were in tandem with the constitution of India,” he said.

“Despite that, the whole structure was changed. There was no reason to take Article 370 away,” he added.

Sibal is reading out the history in the Supreme Court as to how Article 370 was introduced. (IT)