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Jammu And Kashmir Statehood : Supreme Court Gives Centre 4 Weeks To File Response ; CM Omar Abdullah Had Often Reminded BJP Of The Promises Made
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said consultations were underway with the Jammu and Kashmir administration regarding the restoration of statehood.
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The Supreme Court gave the Centre four weeks to file its response on a batch of pleas seeking restoration of statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to edia reports, A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing multiple pleas, including those filed by academician Zahoor Ahmad Bhat and socio-political activist Ahmad Malik, pressing for the implementation of the Centre’s assurance to restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir ‘at the earliest’.
The counsel appearing for the petitioners referred to an undertaking recorded in the Supreme Court’s December 2023 judgment that upheld the abrogation of Article 370.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said consultations were underway with the Jammu and Kashmir administration regarding the restoration of statehood.
“This is a sui generis (unique) problem and there are wider concerns involved. Of course, there was a solemn undertaking but several factors need to be considered,” Mehta submitted.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had in the past accused the Centre of betraying both Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir by failing to fulfil its promises and deepening mistrust through delays in restoring Statehood.
“You told us it was a three-stage process — first delimitation, then elections, and finally Statehood. The first two have been completed, but the third has gone nowhere. And then you wonder why there is a trust deficit,” he said.
Abdullah cautioned that the trust deficit was eroding public faith, despite the unprecedented participation of Jammu and Kashmir residents in recent polls — both Parliament and Assembly.
He also pointed to the recent Supreme Court remarks on Statehood, where petitioners urging the Centre to fulfil its promise of restoring Jammu and Kashmir’s status were told to consider “ground realities” such as the Pahalgam terror attack.
Omar according to PTI made these remarks , While speaking at the launch of senior journalist and author Harinder Baweja’s latest book, “They Will Shoot You, Madam: My life through conflict” (September 28, 2025), Abdullah said the government had failed to follow through on its own roadmap, first for Jammu and Kashmir and now for Ladakh, alleging that the latter was misled with “impossible” assurances.