J&K HC will continue hearing delimitation writ petition on Friday

State HC started the hearing in the writ petition,on Thursday,which has sought the direction to the State govt to constitute delimitation commission .

A Division bench of the State high court comprising,Chief Justice,Biren Ghosh and Mansoor Ahmed Mir,will continue the hearing in a writ petition filed by Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers party (JKNPP),in Jammu on Friday,seeking the fresh delimitation of assembly constituencies in the state.

State high court started the hearing in the writ petition,on Thursday,which has sought the direction to the State government to constitute delimitation commission for fixing the boundaries of the assembly constituencies in the state.

Arguing in favor of the delimitation,JKNPP Chairman,Prof Bhim Singh,submitted before the court that the refusal by the sate to appoint a delimitation commission amounts to discrimination against the people of Jammu and Kashmir and it destroys the basic structure of the constitution.

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Prof Bhim Singh submitted that 29-th of the state constitution doesnt bar the constitution of Delimitation Commission.

He said that the Delimitation Commission was constituted by the Parliament under Justice Kuldip Singh in spite of the 84th Amendment to the Constitution which banned the increase in the Lok Sabha constituencies.

Singh was assisted in the case by H C Jalmeria,B.B. Kotwal and Bansi Lal Sharma.

Advocate H C Jalmeria,said,the hearing in the case will continue tomorrow as well. We presented our case before the court today pleading that the delay in the delimitation of assembly constituencies was against the interests of Jammu region.”

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