New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Modi government's historic decision on Aug 6, 2019 to scrap special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution. A five-member bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud gave the verdict holding that Article 37 was a temporary provision to facilitate the merger of Jammu and Kashmir's with India in 1947. 

On 6 August 2019, the Government of India revoked the special status, or autonomy, granted under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution to cross-border terrorism hit Jammu and Kashmir, the region that is a bone of contention between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan and over which several wars were fought between the two countries. 

The Modi government since the revocation of the special status started a massive developmental initiative in Kashmir.