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The Supreme Court, in a judgment, held that there was no discrimination against Andhra Pradesh or Telangana by the Centre by conducting delimitation exercise in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir without holding the same in the Telugu States.
A Bench headed by Justice Surya Kant referred to Article 170(3) of the Constitution which mandates “readjustment of seats in the Legislative Assembly of a State and the division of the State into territorial constituencies after each census”.
The Section 26 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act of 2014 was subject to Article 170(3) of the Constitution, the Bench held.
Justice Kant said delimitation in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have to be conducted only after the census schedules in 2026.
The top court dismissed the plea filed by K. Purushottam Reddy who sought directions to the Centre to operationalise Section 26 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act which deals with delimitation of the Assembly constituencies in both the States.
Published – July 25, 2025 02:54 PM is
