Security beefed up across Kashmir ahead of Supreme Court verdict on Article 370

Security was beefed up across Kashmir on Monday ahead of the Supreme Court's verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave a special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Security forces have been deployed at many places in the valley to maintain law and order, they added. Checkpoints have been set up in and around Srinagar city and random frisking and checking of vehicles.