The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will hear on September 16 the pleas of the editor of Kashmir Times and others seeking removal of communication restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir.

Anuradha Bhasin, executive editor of Kashmir Times, told a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that even a month after scrapping of provisions of Article 370, journalists were "not allowed to move freely in the state". The editor also alleged that it is difficult to travel beyond Srinagar and journalists are finding it difficult to report.