Article 3 enables Parliament to form new States and alter areas, boundaries or name of existing States

Haji Abdul Gani Khan Vs Union of India (Supreme Court of India)

Supreme Court held that Article 3 of the Constitution of India provides that Parliament may by law form new States and alter the areas, boundaries or names of the existing States (which includes Union Territory).

Facts-

The main challenge in this writ petition under Article 32 of the constitution of India is to the legality and validity of the action of constituting a Delimitation Commission for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir under provisions of the Delimitation Act, 2002 and the exercise of delimitation undertaken by the Commission.

Conclusion-

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