No need to refer petitions on abrogation of Article 370 to larger bench: SC

The five-Judge Bench had on January 23 reserved its order on this issue

The Supreme Court Monday declined to refer to a larger 7-judge bench a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre's decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 on August 5 last year.

A 5-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice N V Ramana said there were no reasons to refer the matter to a larger bench.

NGO, People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association and an intervenor had sought referring of the matter to a larger bench on the ground that two judgements of the apex court -- Prem Nath Kaul versus Jammu and