, Jan. 21 -- Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Monday said the Supreme Court missed a crucial opportunity to examine federalism in its extreme form while adjudicating the Article 370 case, after accepting the Union government's assurance on the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's full statehood. He was speaking at the launch of two books by journalist-writer Bashir Assad , Kashmir: The Unfiltered Truth and House Without Witness , held at the C D Deshmukh Auditorium, India Internation Center, New Delhi.

Khurshid observed that while the constitution foregrounds fraternity, equality and liberty, federalism has not always received due emphasis in judicial interpretations. The Article 370 proceedings, he said, presented a rare test cas...