Article 370 is a temporary provision with a transitional purpose and was an interim arrangement in special circumstances of war, noted a five-judge constitution bench while delivering its verdict in the Article 370 abrogation case today. Jammu and Kashmir does not have internal sovereignty and is like all states and union territories of India, the court said.
The bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai and Surya Kant had reserved its order on September 5 after hearing a batch of petitions challenging the revocation of Article 370 for 16 days.
