The Delhi High Court today rejected a plea challenging the validity of Article 370 of the Constitution giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The court said the Supreme Court has already dismissed a petition on the issue. The order was passed by a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath. The court had reserved its verdict on the plea in March last year.<br/><br/>The petitioner, Kumari Vijayalakshmi Jha contended that Article 370 was a temporary provision that had lapsed with the dissolution of the state's Constituent Assembly in 1957.<br/><br/>In her petition, she said, J&K Constitution which has never got the assent of the President of India or Parliament or the Government of India, amounts to fraud on the basic structure of our Constitution.<br/><br/>In July 2014, the Supreme Court had dismissed a plea challenging the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir and had asked the petitioner to move the high court