Supreme Court judges inaugurated a new bench in Ladakh, while Ladakhi leaders sought constitutional safeguards under Article 371.

The entities involved

• supreme court →

  highest court in a jurisdiction

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• Ladakh →

  region administered by India as a union territory

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