What did India’s Supreme Court decide about the 2019 removal of Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy?

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Jammu and Kashmir India: Jhelum River at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.

In 2023, India’s Supreme Court upheld the government’s 2019 decision to revoke the semiautonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir.12

A constitutional bench ruled that the abrogation of Article 370 was constitutional, determining that the provision was temporary in nature and that the government had not exceeded its powers in rendering it inoperative. The court further stated that the internal sovereignty of Jammu and Kashmir was no different from that of other Indian states. In May 2024, the Supreme Court dismissed subsequent petitions that sought a review of this ruling.12