Bhubaneswar, Feb. 19 -- Former Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud is known for delivering several landmark judgements in the country. In a candid chat during Odisha Television Limited's (OTV) annual convention 'Foresight 2025--Changing Times Changing Minds' in Bhubaneswar, the ex-CJI said that some people thought that the statehood was snatched from the people after the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir despite subsequent formation of government after elections.

"As far as the issue of statehood is concerned, we had asked the Solicitor General and the Attorney General of India during the hearing that now that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh status are union territories, whether it is permanent or temporary? ...