Six-decade-long battle of citizenship comes to an end as Valmikis get domicile certificates in Jammu and Kashmir
4 years, 5 months ago

Six-decade-long battle of citizenship comes to an end as Valmikis get domicile certificates in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

Sixty-three years after their arrival in Jammu and Kashmir as “sanitary workers” on the request of the then government, members of Valmiki community are finally hopeful of a bright future for their children as they are being granted domicile certificates. Non-local IAS officer from Bihar gets domicile certificate in Jammu & Kashmir The first domicile certificate in the community was given to 71-year-old Deepoo Devi of Valmiki Samaj Basti by a tehsildar. Ms. Devi, who retired as a sanitation worker from Jammu Municipal Corporation, said, “The community members will now get a right to life, right to vote, right to government jobs, right to professional colleges and reservation.” Fact check: What is true and what isn’t on J&K, Article 370 Their ancestors had came to Jammu on the “invitation” of the then State government headed by Chief Minister Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad to work as sanitary workers in the Jammu municipality. Jammu Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Verma said the recipients of the domicile certificates included West Pakistani refugees, people belonging to the downtrodden sections such as Balmiki Samaj, Gorkhas.

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Article 35A took away fundamental rights while giving special rights to permanent residents of J&K, says CJI
1 year, 4 months ago

Article 35A took away fundamental rights while giving special rights to permanent residents of J&K, says CJI

The Hindu  

August 28, 2023 08:03 pm | Updated August 29, 2023 11:24 am IST - NEW DELHI Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said Article 35A, which empowered the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature to define “permanent residents” of the State and provide them special privileges, denied fundamental rights to others. “Article 35A gave special rights and privileges to permanent residents and …

Kashmiri Pandit Body Supports Abrogation Of J&K Special Status; Says Article 370 Was Discriminatory
1 year, 5 months ago

Kashmiri Pandit Body Supports Abrogation Of J&K Special Status; Says Article 370 Was Discriminatory

Live Law  

In yet another development in the case pertaining to the abrogation of Article 370, which the Supreme Court is set to start hearing from August 2, 2023, certain intervenors, advocating for the rights of Kashmiri Pandits, have filed intervention applications in support of the central government's decision to abrogate the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Additionally, these applications have …

J-K govt issues 18.52 lakh domicile certificates
4 years, 3 months ago

J-K govt issues 18.52 lakh domicile certificates

Live Mint  

The Jammu and Kashmir government has issued over 18.52 lakh domicile certificates against more than 21.99 lakh applications received so far, an official spokesman said. As many as 18,52,355 people have been issued domicile certificates till Monday, and the rest are in process, the spokesman said. Of the total number of domicile certificates issued in the UT, 16,27,461 were under …

J&K Amends Domicile Certificate Rules, Authorises Naib Tehsildar to Issue Certificates
4 years, 3 months ago

J&K Amends Domicile Certificate Rules, Authorises Naib Tehsildar to Issue Certificates

News 18  

The Jammu and Kashmir government has introduced amendment in the grant of Domicile Certificate Rules, 2020, authorising Naib Tehsildar in addition to Tehsildar to issue certificates to PCR holders and their children. “In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 309 of the Constitution of India, read with Section 15 of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services Act, 2010, the …

Government plans to enact new law to protect land rights of J&K natives
4 years, 5 months ago

Government plans to enact new law to protect land rights of J&K natives

The Hindu  

A new law to protect the land rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir is on the anvil to allay the apprehensions of the natives after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, officials said. The fears of Jammu and Kashmir domicile people about the settlement of outsiders in the UT arose after the government abrogated Article 370 …

India’s residency law in Kashmir amplifies demographic fears
4 years, 5 months ago

India’s residency law in Kashmir amplifies demographic fears

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — For almost a century, no outsider was allowed to buy land and property in Indian-controlled Kashmir. “Given the history of Indian state intervention in Kashmir, there are efforts to destroy the local, distinctive cultural identity of Kashmiris and forcibly assimilate Kashmiri Muslims into a Hindu, Indian polity,” said Saiba Varma, an assistant professor of cultural and medical …

INTERVIEW | Domicile law, certificates in Kashmir are a fraud: Saif-ud-Din Soz
4 years, 5 months ago

INTERVIEW | Domicile law, certificates in Kashmir are a fraud: Saif-ud-Din Soz

New Indian Express  

In an exclusive interview to The New Indian Express, Soz talks about Art 370 and restoration of statehood to J&K. How do you see August 5, 2019 developments when the Centre scrapped J&K’s special status and split the state into two Union Territories? Kashmiris would never accept abrogation of Article 370. The people of Kashmir want restoration of Article 370 …

Supreme Court refuses to hear plea against Jammu & Kashmir domicile rules
4 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court refuses to hear plea against Jammu & Kashmir domicile rules

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a petition challenging legal provisions granting 100% domiciliary quota in public employment in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A three-judge Bench led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao advised advocate Nahum Ul Huda to approach the J&K High Court. Letter and spirit: On new domicile rules in J&K | Fact check: …

Jammu & Kashmir new domicile certificates: All you need to know
4 years, 6 months ago

Jammu & Kashmir new domicile certificates: All you need to know

India TV News  

The government notified the Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Domicile Certificate Rules, 2020, on May 18 this year and allowed different categories of non-locals, including non-local government employees, to register for domicile certificates. The L-G observed that the UT government has taken this people-friendly initiative to provide domicile certificate through online mode across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. …

Letter and spirit: The Hindu Editorial on new domicile rules in J&K
4 years, 6 months ago

Letter and spirit: The Hindu Editorial on new domicile rules in J&K

The Hindu  

New domicile rules that followed the termination of the special constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir, which was reorganised into two Union Territories, have brought succour and hope for a segment of its population that had to contend with fragmented citizenship rights for long. The erstwhile State of J&K gained special powers to define its ‘permanent residents’ and restrict land, …

Gorkhas, west Pakistan refugees granted domicile certificates in J&K
4 years, 6 months ago

Gorkhas, west Pakistan refugees granted domicile certificates in J&K

The Hindu  

In a first, the Jammu & Kashmir administration on Saturday kick-started a special exercise to distribute domicile certificates among west Pakistan refugees, Balmiki Samaj members, and Gorkhas, who were denied the same due to J&K’s special status till last year. A government spokesperson said more than 50 domicile certificates were distributed by the Divisional Commissioner-Jammu Sanjeev Verma in a special …

Non-local IAS officer from Bihar gets domicile certificate in Jammu & Kashmir
4 years, 6 months ago

Non-local IAS officer from Bihar gets domicile certificate in Jammu & Kashmir

The Hindu  

Navin Kumar Choudhary, an IAS officer from Bihar, has become the first senior non-local officer to get a domicile certificate under the new domicile laws notified after the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. According to the officials, the applicant was eligible under Rule 5 of the Jammu and Kashmir Grant Domicile Certificate Rules, 2020, notified on May 18. …

Applications for domicile certificates gather pace in Jammu
4 years, 6 months ago

Applications for domicile certificates gather pace in Jammu

The Hindu  

Finally, scores of non-locals, belonging to the Valmiki Samaj, has started applying for the domicile certificates in Jammu city under the new rules, which allow people of non-local categories to get the residency certificate for education, employment and buying land in the Union Territory. An official said around 85 domicile certificates have been issued in the area under the new …

People from West Pakistan, Valmikis to get domicile under new rules by J-K admin
4 years, 7 months ago

People from West Pakistan, Valmikis to get domicile under new rules by J-K admin

Live Mint  

Deprived of their rights for decades, people belonging to West Pakistan, Valmikis, women marrying outside communities, non-registered Kashmiri migrants, displaced people will soon get domicile under a new set of rules issued by the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday. The administration notified Jammu and Kashmir grant of domicile certificate rules, 2020, thereby formulating rules to prescribe the procedure for …

J&K notifies amended domicile certificate rules
4 years, 7 months ago

J&K notifies amended domicile certificate rules

The Hindu  

The J&K administration on Monday notified the J&K grant of domicile certificate procedure rules 2020 and set a fast track process in motion to issue the certificates within a stipulated time of 15 days. “Domicile certificates have now been made a basic eligibility condition for appointment to any post under the Union Territory of J&K following the amendments in the …

In post-Article 370 era, govt lays down new domicile rule in J&K
4 years, 9 months ago

In post-Article 370 era, govt lays down new domicile rule in J&K

Live Mint  

The Centre has spelt out the rules of domicile in the Jammu and Kashmir region, opening avenues of employment to non-Kashmiris as well. The release of former chief ministers Farooq and Omar Abdullah signified an easing of political tension in the region and the Centre’s move to highlight domicile rules marks a significant administrative change. Domiciles have been now been …

‘Demographic flooding’: India introduces new Kashmir domicile law
4 years, 9 months ago

‘Demographic flooding’: India introduces new Kashmir domicile law

Al Jazeera  

Under the law, those who have resided for a period of 15 years in Kashmir are eligible to become permanent residents. ‘Worry the Kashmiris’ The new law announced by the Ministry of Home Affairs also provided domicile status to the children of central government officials who have served in Indian-administered Kashmir for a total period of 10 years. The government …

In Odisha, touts have a field day as illiterate migrants scramble for documents to prove domicile status; activists condemn NRC, religion-based CAA
5 years ago

In Odisha, touts have a field day as illiterate migrants scramble for documents to prove domicile status; activists condemn NRC, religion-based CAA

Firstpost  

After the BJD lent support in the Parliament to the Citizenship Bill, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced that the party doesn’t support NRC. Following the President’s assent to CAA, migrants went on an overdrive to procure as many documents possible to prove their domicile status Shabir Hossain, 39, has his tasks cut out for the day. However, after the …

Article 35A of the Constitution: A look at the provisions of the Article and what it means for Jammu and Kashmir
5 years, 5 months ago

Article 35A of the Constitution: A look at the provisions of the Article and what it means for Jammu and Kashmir

Firstpost  

Article 35A gives the Jammu and Kashmir legislature full discretionary power to decide who the ‘permanent residents’ of the state are. With tensions rising in Jammu and Kashmir following the events of the past couple of days — large movement of military personnel into state, placing local leaders under house arrest, it is instructive to look at one of the …

Understating The Special Status Of Jammu And Kashmir Under Article 35A
5 years, 5 months ago

Understating The Special Status Of Jammu And Kashmir Under Article 35A

Live Law  

Article 35A was a result of an understanding between the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and the erstwhile leader of the State Sheikh Abdullah. The literal wording of the Article reads as: Saving of laws with respect to permanent residents and their rights.- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Constitution, no existing law in force in the State of Jammu and …

Article 35A, Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Assam NRC, Arunachal PRC moves that could change demography, go either way for BJP
5 years, 10 months ago

Article 35A, Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Assam NRC, Arunachal PRC moves that could change demography, go either way for BJP

Firstpost  

With months to go for the elections, the BJP has got itself embroiled in a host of controversial issues that could swing either way for both the party and the concerned demography, leaving a trail of uncertainty for the residents in turmoil. Pakistan on Sunday said attempts to scrap Article 35A of the Indian Constitution were aimed at bringing about …

Abolishing Article 35A will dilute autonomy granted under Article 370 for Jammu and Kashmir, breach UN resolution
6 years, 4 months ago

Abolishing Article 35A will dilute autonomy granted under Article 370 for Jammu and Kashmir, breach UN resolution

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court on Monday began hearing arguments challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35A of the Constitution. Article 370 provides that the Indian Constitution would be extended to Jammu and Kashmir subject to terms as the President of India may determine. Article 35A accordingly came into force with the concurrence of the state government via the Constitution Order, 1954 …

Fresh plea against Article 35A: Supreme Court doesn't take up matter after petitioner seeks adjournment of hearing
6 years, 4 months ago

Fresh plea against Article 35A: Supreme Court doesn't take up matter after petitioner seeks adjournment of hearing

Firstpost  

Article 35A, which was incorporated in the Constitution by a 1954 presidential order, accords special rights and privileges to the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir and bars people from outside the state from acquiring any immovable property in the state. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned its hearing on a fresh plea challenging the constitutional validity of Article …

Article 35A is on domicile: What's the fuss about?
6 years, 5 months ago

Article 35A is on domicile: What's the fuss about?

Deccan Chronicle  

It is necessary to accept after all these years that no one who challenges Article 370 of the Constitution, which accords special status to Jammu and Kashmir, or Article 35A, which is about who could be a permanent resident in the state, is now a part of the normal process of legal disputes, which the courts need to reinterpret in …

Kashmir issue: SC adjourns Article 35A hearing till 27 August
6 years, 5 months ago

Kashmir issue: SC adjourns Article 35A hearing till 27 August

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on pleas challenging the validity of Article 35A to 27 August, in the wake of simmering protests in Kashmir. Since Sunday, Kashmir has witnessed widespread shutdown in support of Article 35A, which guarantees special privileges to the state. Protests continued in the Valley and shops and businesses remained shut, while …

Supreme Court to hear plea challenging Article 35-A validity in Jammu and Kashmir today: Here's what to expect
6 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court to hear plea challenging Article 35-A validity in Jammu and Kashmir today: Here's what to expect

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the plea challenging the validity of the Article 35-A, that gives special rights and privileges to the Jammu and Kashmir natives, on Monday. #TopStory: Supreme Court to hear petitions challenging the validity of Article 35A which empowers J&K state's legislature to define 'permanent residents' of the state and provide special rights to them. …

What is Article 35A and why the controversy
6 years, 5 months ago

What is Article 35A and why the controversy

Hindustan Times  

Ahead of the August 6 hearing in the Supreme Court of the petitions challenging the validity of Article 35A of the Constitution, which grants special privileges to Jammu and Kashmir, separatists have called a shutdown on August 4 and 5 in protest against government’s alleged move to tamper with the Article. Article 35A gives special rights to the Jammu and …

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