Supreme Court has suspended the hearings of a bunch of petitions on Kashmir and posted them for hearing on Tuesday by a Constitution bench. While postponing the hearings on Monday, CJI Ranjan Gogoi said the court doesn't have time as it also has to hear the Ayodhya matter on a daily basis.
"We do not have the time to hear so many matters. We have a Constitution bench case (Ayodhya dispute) to hear," said CJI Ranjan Gogoi.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi referred the pleas, which also raised issues of alleged restrictions imposed on the movement of journalists in Kashmir as well as petitions claiming illegal detention of minors in the Valley, to its five-judge bench.
The court has sent the PIL filed by child rights expert Enakshi Ganguly and Prof Shanta Sinha on the alleged illegal detention of children in Jammu and Kashmir to a Constitution bench. The matter will again be taken up on Tuesday along with the other petitions on Kashmir and abrogation of Article 370.
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Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad's petition will also be taken up by a five-judge bench on Tuesday.
Supreme Court has also the plea filed by Kashmir Times Editor Anuradha Bhasin, seeking the removal of communication blockade in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 and free movement of journalists and press in Kashmir, to a Constitution bench.
A bench headed by Justice NV Ramana will hear all the petitions relating to Article 370 on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to further entertain Rajya Sabha MP Vaiko's plea seeking production of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah before it and said the MDMK leader can challenge the detention order under the Public Safety Act.