The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday, 16 August, the petitions posing legal challenges to the Centre's decision to scrap provisions of Article 370 which abrogated special status to Jammu and Kashmir and subsequent measures putting restrictions on the working of media in the region.

Later in the day, the UN Security Council is scheduled to hold a closed-door meeting to discuss the Kashmir issue.

Meanwhile, a Raj Bhawan spokesperson the Jammu and Kashmir government secretariat and other offices will start functioning from Friday while easing of public curbs would depend on day's development after the 'namaaz'.