The Supreme Court on Monday is scheduled to hear petitions against the media and communication restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir, which were imposed in the Valley following the revocation of Article 370 as well as the validity of the abrogation in itself.

Provisions of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which was passed in 1954 through a Presidential Order, was scrapped by the Narendra Modi government on August 5. The Union government also passed a bill that split the state into two Union Territories--Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

The Supreme Court on Monday is scheduled to hear petitions against the media and communication restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir, which were imposed in the Valley following the revocation of Article 370 as well as the validity of the abrogation in itself.

Provisions of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which was passed in 1954 through a Presidential Order, was scrapped by the Narendra Modi government on August 5. The Union government also passed a bill that split the state into two Union Territories--Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.