State response to petition challenging Art 35A likely to be submitted in SC today Defending Article 35 A of the Constitution, which grants special rights and privileges to permanent residents of J&K, the PDP-BJP coalition government in its draft objections, likely to be submitted before the Supreme Court tomorrow, has stated that “accession” of J&K to India is “limited in scope and not absolute”. Seeking dismissal of the petition by an RSS-backed think tank challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35A, the J&K government in its objections has stated that…
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