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SC adjourns hearing of PIL challenging validity of Art 35A granting special rights to Kashmir till Jan 2019

| @indiablooms | Aug 31, 2018, at 12:24 pm

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing of Public Interest Litigation (PIL)  challenging the validity of Article 35A, which bestows certain privileges to people of Kashmir and bars outsiders from buying property in the region, till next January, media reports said.

The central and Jammu and Kashmir governments together sought postponement of the hearing owing to the state's panchayat elections, which might go on till December.

Both the governments sought the deferment till Jan or Feb next year.

On Aug 6, the top court had postponed the hearing till Aug end.

Article 35A, which was incorporated in the constitution by a 1954 Presidential order, defines the permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir. It bars people from outside the state to own immovable property in Jammu and Kashmir. It was aimed at protecting the rights and guarantee the unique identity of the people of Jammu-Kashmir.

Under the Jammu-Kashmir constitution, a Permanent Resident is a person who was a state subject on May 14, 1954, or who has been residing in the state for a period of 10 years, and has “lawfully acquired immovable property in the state”.

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