New Delhi:The People's Alliance of Gupkar declaration (PAGD) has moved a writ petition in the Supreme Court of India, seeking an early hearing of the plea regarding Article 370.
The petition was moved by CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami. In his submission, Targami claimed that "despite the fact that the matter is pending before the Supreme Court on August 5, 2019, regarding the constitutional validity of the Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganization) Act, 2019, the Central Government has taken some irreversible decisions."
He said that the central government has constituted a delimitation commission to mark the boundaries of all constituencies before the Assembly elections.
The petition further read, "The Jammu and Kashmir Development Act has been amended to allow those who are not permanent residents to buy land in Jammu and Kashmir if it is not agricultural land. Institutions such as the State Women's Commission, the Jammu and Kashmir State Accountability Commission, the Jammu and Kashmir State Consumer Protection Commission and the Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission were shut down."
The petitioner said, "In view of the aforesaid steps taken by the Central Government, it has been suggested that the challenge of constitutional legitimacy should be heard on an urgent basis otherwise the petition itself will be inconclusive in view of irreparable action."