An Indian policeman stands guard near a cutout portrait of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi displayed at the main market in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. India’s top court on Monday upheld a 2019 decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to strip disputed Jammu and Kashmir’s special status as a semi-autonomous region with a separate constitution and inherited protections on land and jobs. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)