New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to respond to the demand to fix a timeline to restore statehood to Jammu & Kashmir, which was divided into two Union Territories (UTs) in 2019.

A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran asked Centre to file its response within six weeks, Bar and Bench reported.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the government, told the apex court that the Centre was in touch with the elected government of J&K, and that wider concerns had to be accounted for before a final decision could be taken on said demand.

"Learned SG states that elections to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly were held in a peaceful manner and an elected government was p...