Month: August 2018

Jammu Bar split over Article 35A, Majority calls for retention, Right-wing backed groups on opposition

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Jammu Bar Association Friday witnessed vertical divide where both groups held separate discussions in Jammu and Kashmir High Court at Janipur in support and opposition of Article 35-A. Division among the lawyers has exposed some elements which are bent on creating an impression that entire Jammu Division is against the State Subject laws when over 300 senior lawyers attended the meeting led by senior lawyers came up publically in support of the laws. Under the leadership of its president, senior Advocate BS Salathia, Jammu Bar Association held a general house…

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Outrage over Article 35A ‘Tinkering’, Soz, NC leaders raise concerns with Governor

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The outrage over the efforts to tinker with Article 35-A is gripping the entire Valley, with people in Srinagar expressing their resentment by pasting posters against the move on their vehicles. The three-wheelers displaying these posters not only catch the attention of people but many videos of these three-wheelers have been uploaded on social media in Kashmir. Similar posters were also seen pasted on cars, taxis and other vehicles appealing people “to observe complete shutdown on 5th and 6th August against the move”. The posters read “observe complete strike on…

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Fiddling with Article 35A will open Pandora’s Box, 27 Kashmir based trade organisations continue protest across Srinagar

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As the hearing on the pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35-A draws near, legal experts opine that any tampering would affect the accession of the state with union of India. Noted lawyer, Zaffar Shah said the rights and privileges available to a resident under Article 35-A would not only leave him at par with other Indians but then he/she will have to compete for jobs in the state with them. He said the Article 35-A deals with the permanent resident, acquisition of property, jobs and scholarships for the…

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Three held for shaving off beard of Muslim man in Gurugram, calling him Pakistani

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The police, on Thursday, arrested three men for allegedly assaulting a 22-year-old Muslim man, keeping him hostage and chopping off his beard in Khandsa earlier this week. The accused also allegedly called the complainant “Pakistani”, the police said. A video of the incident was also circulated on the social media. The accused were identified as Gaurav alias Tedha, Nitin Kumar and Ikhlash, a barber. They were produced before the court and sent to judicial custody, the police said. The police said that Gaurav and Nitin are friends and are history…

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Rohingya threat to security: Panun Kashmir

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The Panun Kashmir has expressed satisfaction over Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement that Rohingya living illegally in the country would be deported to Burma after their identification. Addressing the media, Panun Kashmir president Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo said the stay of Rohingya in various parts of country, particularly in a sensitive state like J&K, was developing into a threat to the security and law and order situation. “We cannot absolve the role of those politicians who were responsible for their settlement in Jammu city and its suburbs over the last…

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Kashmiri Pandit group join protest against assault on Art 35A

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We won’t allow tinkering of law, any dilution will lead to bloodbath: Prakash As Supreme Court is set to hear the petitions challenging validity of Article 35-A on Monday, a Kashmiri Pandit group and civil society members on Thursday staged protest against any assault and tinkering with Article 35-A. The Pandit group led by prominent Kashmiri Pandit and trade union leader Sampat Prakash assembled at Pratap Park, here and staged a sit-in protest against any tinkering with Article 35-A, which grants special privileges to residents of J&K. Carrying placards and…

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Jammu legal fraternity divided over defending Art 35A

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A day after the J&K High Court Bar Association, Kashmir, has announced to become a party to defend Article 35A in the Supreme Court, their counterparts in Jammu would convene an extraordinary meeting on Friday to take a call on opposing or supporting this constitutional provision in the apex court. “An extraordinary meeting of the general house of the J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu, will be held on Friday to take a final decision on becoming a party to oppose Article 35A in the Supreme Court,” Prem Sadhotra, general…

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Police to ‘Allow’ peaceful protests against Article 35A Row

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The police have decided to allow peaceful protests against petitions challenging Article 35A in the Supreme Court. The police will, however, keep a close watch on protests and ensure no demonstration takes an ugly turn. “We will allow peaceful protests. A protestor is well within the rights to stage a peaceful protest,” director general of police Shesh Paul Vaid told Kashmir Post. “Those protesting against (petitions) challenging the article 35A will be dealt with sympathetically,” he said. A slew of petitions challenging Article 35A would be heard by the apex…

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Major challenges facing BJP after citizen’s draft list leaves out 40 lakh

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) considers the final draft of the National Register of Citizens a “promise fulfilled”, but is wary about four challenges it may throw up, two senior leaders of the party said. The draft, which was unveiled on Monday, left out four million applicants in Assam who had sought inclusion in the NRC. The draft is an attempt to identify and deport illegal immigrants from the northeastern state. The BJP is excited that the NRC saw the light of day under its government — in Assam and…

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Don’t know anything about PDP-BJP coming together again: Ram Madhav

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Asked to comment on media reports suggesting PDP and BJP will form a coalition government in J&K again, BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav said he “did not know anything about all this”. “I can’t say anything. I do not think so,” Madhav told Kashmir Post. “I do not know anything about all this,” he added hurriedly. “Thank you nothing more,” he said. Madhav is one of the most well-known faces of saffron party and BJP’s point man for Jammu and Kashmir. It was Madhav who had announced that BJP…

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