Privileges to state subjects: SC gives J&K final opportunity to file response by Dec 3 Under pressure from its ally BJP, the coalition government headed by Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed today delayed filing its response before the Supreme Court to a petition challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35A. The petition has been filed by We the Citizens, a Delhi-based non-governmental organisation. The apex court has now given the state government the final opportunity to file its response by December 3, after the counsel representing the J&K Government sought more…
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