The Supreme Court will not hear the plea against Article 35A on February 20 as the case did not figure in final list issued by the SC registry Tuesday evening.
The case was listed in the advance regular cause-list at serial no. 12 from February 19 to 21.
“The case may now come up in the final list of February 21,” a source told Greater Kashmir.
As many as five petitions stand filed in the Supreme Court against Article 35A, with the lead case filed in 2014 by a little known Delhi-based NGO ‘We The Citizens’.
Meanwhile, the J&K High Court Bar Association Srinagar on Tuesday asked all the members of its team constituted for opposing the petitions challenging Articles 35A and 370 to remain present at the Supreme Court when the cases come up.
In a statement, it said its two members are already camping in Delhi and are in constant touch with the Advocate-on-Record.
“Other members including Mian Abdul Qayoom, President; Aijaz Bedar, Vice President; Z. A. Shah, Senior Advocate; Z. A. Qureshi, Senior Advocate; R. A. Jan, Senior Advocate; N. A. Ronga, Advocate; M. S. Reshi, Advocate; Rafiq Ahmad Joo, Advocate; Abdul Aziz Teeli, Advocate; Mian Muzaffar, Advocate and Surat Shakeel, Advocate, are leaving for Delhi Tuesday,” said the statement.
In a meeting today, the Executive Committee members of the Bar Association expressed their serious concern over the treatment being meted out to the Kashmiri employees working in Jammu and the Kashmiri students and businessmen returning to their homes because of the attacks.
The members while condemning such acts and showing their solidarity with the employees, students and businessmen, demanded that the employees as well as the students and businessmen should be provided safety and security by the concerned authorities and those who are attacking and threatening them should be taken to task.
The Bar Association also appealed to the international community and conscious members of Indian civil society to raise their voice against such atrocities.