Article 370: Article 35A Took Away Fundamental Rights

Supreme Court Deliberates on Article 35A and Jammu & Kashmir’s Status Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud, during a recent hearing, remarked that Article 35A, which granted the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature the authority to define the state’s “permanent residents” and bestow upon them special privileges, effectively denied fundamental rights to others. He observed, […]