Abrogation Of Article 370 In Jammu & Kashmir: Five Big Questions Confronting The Narendra Modi Government

Soli Sorabjee, Subhash Kashyap,Faizan Mustafa,Colin Gonsalves and Shadan Farasat tell Outlook whether the government’s decision to scrap Article 370 would stand judicial scrutiny.

Latest Issue

OPINION
India's History: How Leftist Historians Fed Us A Bunch Of Lies

A new generation of historians are bringing the subject out of the shadow of Marx and Nehru, fulfilling its role of restoring civilisational pride among Indians.

Rakesh Sinha
OPINION
Everything That's Wrong With Rewriting History Under Hindutva Nationalism

The BJP, with its insistence on the purity of Hindu Rashtra, would sadly reduce the soaring generosity of their founding vision to the petty bigotry of majoritarian chauvinism.

Shashi Tharoor
COVER STORY
Burden Of History And The Need To Erase The Past For Political Gains

Historiography under previous governments can, and should, be contested. But history that’s being rewritten under the present government is not merely to eulogise some leaders, but also, and more worryingly, to condemn several chapters of the past.

Ashutosh Bhardwaj

Siddhartha Mishra

More from Siddhartha Mishra

View All

Updated: 10 Aug 2019 5:16 pm

The BJP’s promise to do away with Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, was fulfilled in a matter of days, while the Valley remained under curfew and cut off from the rest of the world, with no phones or internet, former CMs detained and the media unable to function. Outlook spoke with former attorney-general Soli Sorabjee, former Lok Sabha secretary-general Subhash Kashyap, NALSAR University of Law vice chancellor Faizan Mustafa, and Supreme Court advocates Colin Gonsalves and Shadan Farasat about whether the government’s action would stand judicial scrutiny.

Q1: The way it was done, is it legally tenable?