A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the petition by advocate M L Sharma challenging the scrapping of Article 370 has "no meaning".
The
Supreme Court on Friday expressed anguish over "defective"
petitions challenging scrapping of provisions of Article 370 of the
Constitution.
A
bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the petition by
advocate M L Sharma challenging the scrapping of Article
370 has "no meaning".
"What
kind of petition is this? It could have been dismissed but there are
5 other pleas with the registry," the bench also comprising S A
Bobde and S A Najeer said.
"You
are not praying for setting aside the Presidential order. What is the
prayer it is not clear. It can be dismissed on technical grounds,"
the bench said and added that there were five other petitions in the
registry which are defective.
The
CJI said he spent 30 minutes reading the petition on Article 370 but
could not make out anything.
The
apex court asked lawyers to cure defects in their six petitions on
Article 370 and adjourned the hearing.
The
bench also noted that it was hearing the petition on Article 370 by
breaking the combination of judges hearing the sensitive Ayodhya
matter.
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