The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a demand by a former official of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) to represent Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) areas in the Lok Sabha. For this purpose, the petition demanded at least two Parliamentary seats to be earmarked in the PoK, Gilgit and Baltistan provinces. Yadav's counsel argued that when the J&K Constitution has earmarked 24 seats in the PoK territory, the apex court should consider bringing this territory under the rule of the Constitution of India and carve out minimum two Parliamentary seats in the region. After imposing costs with the petition, the Court directed the former RAW officer to deposit the money with the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee. On November 26, 2014, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey from Godda (Jharkhand) introduced a bill in Lok Sabha for carving out Parliamentary seats in PoK.

Source: dna July 01, 2019 23:26 UTC