The petition, which challenges the Constitution Order 1954 that adds a proviso to Article 368 of the Constitution, was listed for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, which said it will take up the matter on January 2 after the winter vacation.
The Constitution Order 1954 by the President had added a proviso to Article 368 (power of Parliament to amend the Constitution and procedure therefor), saying "no such amendment shall have effect in relation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir unless applied by order of the President under clause (1) of Article 370".
The PIL by adcocate Surjeet Singh contends that the Constitution Order was an "encroachment" on the powers of the Parliament to amend the Constitution and apply it to Jammu and Kashmir.
"The impugned proviso added by 'the Constitution Order 1954' to the Article 368 is an unconstitutional encroachment on the constituent powers of Parliament to amend the Constitution and apply the same to the state of Jammu and Kashmir as well," the petition says.
The petitioner has sought quashing of the Constitution Order 1954 to the extent that it adds the proviso to Article 368.