The petition has been filed by advocate Gopal Shankarnarayan, requesting the court to restore the region’s statehood. A plea seeking a time-bound restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir was mentioned in the Supreme Court on Thursday for urgent hearing and the apex court has agreed to hear the matter. Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, representing the applicants, requested an urgent hearing before a bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, along with Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. “There is an MA (Miscellaneous Application) for conferring statehood.…
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