INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Protests were held to defend the constitutional provision across Kashmir on Sunday.Srinagar: After Kashmir witnessed a
quiet Sunday, the streets continue to be deserted, markets closed, buses and autorickshaws remain off the road as a result of the two-day
shutdown called by separatists in support of Article 35A that guarantees special privileges to the state
The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the Article 35-A today, including the one filed by an NGO 'We
the Citizens', which has links with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
Article 35A, which was incorporated in the Constitution by a 1954 Presidential Order, bars people from outside Jammu and Kashmir to acquire
any immovable property in the state
It also denies property rights to a woman who marries a person from outside the state
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has warned that fiddling with the state's special status would have "catastrophic
ramifications" for the entire country
