Thu 29 August 2019:
India’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear petitions against the federal government’s decision to revoke special status for Indian-administered Kashmir.
The court said a five-judge constitution bench would hear all 14 petitions in the first week of October.
It also asked the government to respond to those challenging the communications blackout and media restrictions.
There has been little news from the region as mobile networks and the internet have been shut down, although a partial restoration of connectivity recently has enabled some landlines to start working again.
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government has justified its stance, saying the restrictions were needed to maintain law and order and prevent violence from breaking out on a mass scale.
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