Apex court declines urgent hearing of a plea against Centre's J&K restrictions

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday refused to accord an urgent hearing to a plea filed by a Congress activist Tehseen Poonawalla against the government's decision to impose restrictions and "other regressive measures" in Jammu and Kashmir after revoking the provisions of Article 370.

The petition was mentioned before a bench of Justices N V Ramana and Ajay Rastogi which said that the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi will decide its listing before an appropriate bench for hearing.

The bench declined the plea for urgent hearing and asked the registry to place the petition before the CJI.

Poonawalla also sought a direction from the apex court for the release of leaders like former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, who are under detention.

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