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HomeIndiaSC Halts HC Order Staying Assam-Meghalaya Border Pact, Calls it 'unwarranted'

Balanced News: SC Halts HC Order Staying Assam-Meghalaya Border Pact, Calls it ‘unwarranted’

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The Supreme Court on Friday stopped the execution of the Meghalaya High Court order staying the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya for settling the festering boundary dispute between the two states, terming it “unwarranted”. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and the lawyers representing Assam and Meghalaya, and directed the Meghalaya High Court order to be stayed. Article 3 empowers Parliament to make a law related to the formation of new states and alteration of the boundaries of existing states.

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