The Supreme Court, on Monday, 10 December dismissed a PIL challenging the dissolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly by Governor Satya Pal Malik.

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik had said that he dissolved the J&K Assembly as he could not have allowed horse-trading in the Valley. He had earlier said that parties with opposing ideologies cannot form an alliance.

The state plunged into political crisis on Wednesday, 21 November, when Malik dissolved the Assembly after PDP President Mehbooba Mufti and Peoples Conference leader Sajjad Lone staked their respective claims to form the government in the state.