Jammu and Kashmir no more a state; officially bifurcated into two Union Territories
5 years, 2 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir no more a state; officially bifurcated into two Union Territories

India TV News  

The state of Jammu and Kashmir was officially bifurcated into two union territories at the stroke of midnight on Wednesday. With this, the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir and the Ranbir Penal Code will cease to exist from Thursday, when the nation celebrates 'National Unity Day' to mark the birth anniversary of the country's first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who is credited for the merger of over 560 states into the Union of India. President rule revoked in Jammu and Kashmir The President's rule imposed in undivided Jammu and Kashmir was on Thursday revoked following bifurcation of the state into two Union Territories. Earlier, the central rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir in June 2017 after the resignation of the then Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti when the BJP withdrew support to the PDP led government.

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Jammu and Kashmir joins nation in celebrating Constitution Day after 74 years
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Jammu and Kashmir joins nation in celebrating Constitution Day after 74 years

India Today  

For the first time in 74 years, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir officially joined the rest of the nation in celebrating Constitution Day on November 26, marking a historic milestone in the region’s political and cultural landscape. A NEW CHAPTER IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR'S HISTORY The observance of Constitution Day holds profound significance for Jammu and Kashmir. Schools, …

‘People have found their voice’: Omar Abdullah on passage of Article 370 resolution
2 months ago

‘People have found their voice’: Omar Abdullah on passage of Article 370 resolution

Hindustan Times  

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said people of the Union Territory have ‘found their voice’ after the passage of the resolution on Article 370, a legislation that gave special status to the former state and was scrapped in August 2019. Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah speaks during the J&K Assembly session, in Srinagar, …

DC Edit | Focus on J&K statehood, not 370
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2 months ago

DC Edit | Focus on J&K statehood, not 370

Deccan Chronicle  

The resolution passed by Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Wednesday seeking special status for the Union territory and the one moved in the house on Thursday calling for the restoration of Article 370 and Article 35A of the Constitution reflect political expediency and oneupmanship by the parties and does not exactly contribute to the genuine demand for the restoration of …

Jammu and Kashmir legislature passes resolution asking India to restore its special status
2 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir legislature passes resolution asking India to restore its special status

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jammu and Kashmir’s regional legislature …

New Delhi Assures J&K Statehood, But Hybrid Model Remains
2 months, 1 week ago

New Delhi Assures J&K Statehood, But Hybrid Model Remains

Live Mint  

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has received assurances from New Delhi that the commitments made to the state regarding the governance model will change. He believes that loopholes in the hybrid system of governance can be exploited, and he is confident that statehood will be restored soon.

A new chapter begins in J&K
3 months ago

A new chapter begins in J&K

Hindustan Times  

The National Conference-Congress alliance has won a decisive mandate in the first assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 and after the bifurcation of the state into the Union territories of J&K and Ladakh. -- {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} To start with, this was one of the most keenly watched, peaceful, and intensely competitive assembly …

India’s Modi visits Kashmir: How has the region changed since 2019?
10 months ago

India’s Modi visits Kashmir: How has the region changed since 2019?

Al Jazeera  

Here’s a look at Narendra Modi’s government policies and how they have affected Kashmir since the region’s semi-autonomous status was taken away. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made his first visit to Kashmir since his government’s controversial 2019 decision to scrap the region’s special semi-autonomous status. Here’s a look at key changes brought to Kashmir by Modi’s government …

Jammu and Kashmir surrendered sovereignty after India merger: Supreme Court on Article 370
1 year ago

Jammu and Kashmir surrendered sovereignty after India merger: Supreme Court on Article 370

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir surrendered completely its sovereignty after it joined the Union of India after Independence, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud observed on Monday as he pronounced the verdict of a five-judge bench in a clutch of petitions linked to the abrogation of Article 370. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud during pronouncement of verdict on a …

Abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir is constitutionally valid, says SC | Full text
1 year ago

Abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir is constitutionally valid, says SC | Full text

India TV News  

A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Monday upheld the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370, which bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. Writing the judgement for himself and Justices Gavai and Surya Kant, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said Article 370 of the Constitution was …

Altering status quo: The Hindu Editorial on Jammu and Kashmir and Statehood
1 year, 4 months ago

Altering status quo: The Hindu Editorial on Jammu and Kashmir and Statehood

The Hindu  

The Centre’s stand that it is unable to commit itself to a timeline for restoration of Statehood for Jammu and Kashmir is quite disappointing. Four years after the State’s status was downgraded to that of a Union Territory, all that the Union government can say about it now is that the status as a Union Territory is temporary and that …

Unable to give exact date when J&K Statehood would be restored, Centre tells Supreme Court
1 year, 4 months ago

Unable to give exact date when J&K Statehood would be restored, Centre tells Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Centre on Thursday conveyed to the Supreme Court its inability to commit to an exact time period within which the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir would be restored to full Statehood. Chandrachud, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta assured the court that the Union Territory status of Jammu and Kashmir was only a “temporary phenomenon”. Mr. Mehta had on Tuesday …

Supreme Court hearing on Article 370 abrogation | Day 13
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court hearing on Article 370 abrogation | Day 13

The Hindu  

The Union Government on Thursday apprised the Supreme Court that it cannot give an exact timeline for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood but it is ready to conduct elections. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that the inability to give an exact timeframe for the conduct of elections is due to the repeated law and order disturbances in the …

When will J&K Statehood be restored, Supreme Court asks Union government
1 year, 4 months ago

When will J&K Statehood be restored, Supreme Court asks Union government

The Hindu  

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Tuesday gave the Centre leeway to claim it had converted Jammu and Kashmir into a Union Territory for a “stipulated period” in order to protect national security, but pushed the government to commit to a time frame by which it would be restored to a full-fledged State. You can say the creation of …

On J&K statehood question, statement on Thursday, Centre tells Supreme Court
1 year, 4 months ago

On J&K statehood question, statement on Thursday, Centre tells Supreme Court

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a timeframe from the Centre to restore the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir, currently bifurcated into two Union Territories, and a roadmap for this progression. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud is hearing a batch of petitions challenging the scrapping of Article 370, which granted special powers to the erstwhile …

Supreme Court hearing on Article 370 abrogation | Day 6
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court hearing on Article 370 abrogation | Day 6

The Hindu  

Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan on August 16 apprised the Supreme Court that the internal sovereignty of Jammu and Kashmir was not revoked with the signing of the Instrument of Accession in 1947. Notably, senior advocate Dushyant Dave submitted before the Constitution Bench that Article 370 of the Constitution is a ‘temporary provision’ not due to the efflux of time but …

Article 370 abrogation anniversary | Amarnath Yatra from Jammu base camp to remain suspended
1 year, 5 months ago

Article 370 abrogation anniversary | Amarnath Yatra from Jammu base camp to remain suspended

The Hindu  

The Amarnath Yatra will remain suspended from the Jammu base camp on Saturday, August 5, 2023 with sources saying it is a precautionary measure in view of the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370. "The Amarnath Yatra will remain suspended tomorrow," Jammu Deputy Commissioner Avny Lavasa told PTI. Sources said the decision was taken as a precautionary measure …

India slams Pakistan foriegn minister Bilawal for raking up Kashmir at UNSC debate
1 year, 10 months ago

India slams Pakistan foriegn minister Bilawal for raking up Kashmir at UNSC debate

Hindustan Times  

India tore into Pakistan after its foreign minister raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at a Security Council debate on women, peace and security, saying it is “unworthy” to even respond to such “malicious and false propaganda”. Responding to Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj …

Parliament Can Convert Existing State Into A Union Territory : Supreme Court In J&K Delimitation Case
1 year, 10 months ago

Parliament Can Convert Existing State Into A Union Territory : Supreme Court In J&K Delimitation Case

Live Law  

While upholding the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir, the Supreme Court observed that the Parliament has the power to convert an existing state into a Union Territory.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S Oka noted that Article 3 provides that Parliament may by law form new States and alter the areas, boundaries or names of the …

While Upholding J&K Delimitation, Supreme Court Rejects Comparisons With Telangana/AP & North Eastern States
1 year, 10 months ago

While Upholding J&K Delimitation, Supreme Court Rejects Comparisons With Telangana/AP & North Eastern States

Live Law  

On 06.03.2020, a Delimitation Commission was appointed by the Central Government to carry out a delimitation exercise in the Union Territory of J&K along with the State of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland. In any event, the said opinion as well as the answer given by the Hon’ble Minister have no bearing on the interpretation of the J&K Reorganisation …

SC to hear pleas against abrogation of Article 370 after Dasara vacation
2 years, 3 months ago

SC to hear pleas against abrogation of Article 370 after Dasara vacation

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The long-waited hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, that conferred a special status to J&K, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019 will take place after the week-long Dussehra break of the Supreme Court. Earlier, on April 26, 2022, then Chief Justice N.V. Ramana had said the petitions …

2019: Special status of Jammu and Kashmir revoked
2 years, 4 months ago

2019: Special status of Jammu and Kashmir revoked

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 15, 2022 06:00 IST Before the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was abrogated by a vote in Parliament on August 5, 2019, the Kashmir Valley saw a massive build-up of troops, and the administration asked non-locals, including Amarnath pilgrims, tourists, and students, to leave. The Centre’s move, for long a project of the BJP and the …

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly to miss presidential polls for second time in history
2 years, 6 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly to miss presidential polls for second time in history

The Hindu  

As India elects its next President on July 18, the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will not be a part of the exercise for the second time in the history of the election to the top constitutional post. “The elected members of a dissolved Legislative Assembly of a State are no longer members of the …

The Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation report
2 years, 8 months ago

The Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation report

The Hindu  

The story so far: After multiple objections and extensions, the J&K Delimitation Commission submitted its final report on May 5, 2022, two years after it was appointed to redraw the electoral boundaries in Jammu and Kashmir as per the mandate set by the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. The Centre set up a Delimitation Commission in March 2020, six …

Delimitation Commission signs final order for Jammu and Kashmir
2 years, 8 months ago

Delimitation Commission signs final order for Jammu and Kashmir

Firstpost  

On Independence Day in 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said elections would be held in Jammu and Kashmir after the delimitation process in the Union Territory was over Srinagar: Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir has signed the final order for restructuring of assembly seats in the Union Territory. The bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into union territories namely …

Time to ring in the polls in Jammu and Kashmir
2 years, 8 months ago

Time to ring in the polls in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

It’s what Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not say during his visit to Palli village in Jammu this week that was more important than what he did in a nearly 40-minute-long address to the public gathering. But the constitutional change effected in August 2019 was very much on his mind, as he used Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir and “ghati” in …

J&K Polls After Delimitation Exercise, Statehood To Be Restored Post Elections: Amit Shah
2 years, 9 months ago

J&K Polls After Delimitation Exercise, Statehood To Be Restored Post Elections: Amit Shah

ABP News  

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held immediately after the delimitation exercise and after consultation with political parties. While responding to concerns raised by the members on Kashmir during the discussion on the Delhi Municipal Corporation Bill, Shah in the Lok Sabha said, “We have no interest in …

2 years of abrogation of Article 370: 5 big changes in Jammu and Kashmir
3 years, 5 months ago

2 years of abrogation of Article 370: 5 big changes in Jammu and Kashmir

Hindustan Times  

August 5 is the day when Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh in 2019. While political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have vowed to continue their struggle for restoration of statehood, here is a look at big changes which have taken place in these two years: People from outside J&K can …

New Nomenclature for Jammu and Kashmir High Court
3 years, 5 months ago

New Nomenclature for Jammu and Kashmir High Court

News 18  

The "long-winding and cumbersome" nomenclature 'Common High Court of UT of Jammu and Kashmir and UT of Ladakh' has been changed to 'High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh', according to an order notified on Friday. The order pointed out that the Act declared that the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir will be the "Common High Court for …

Common High Court of J-K, Ladakh changed to 'High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh'
3 years, 5 months ago

Common High Court of J-K, Ladakh changed to 'High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh'

India TV News  

A notification has been issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice informing that the 'long-winding and cumbersome' nomenclature 'Common High Court of UT of Jammu and Kashmir and UT of Ladakh' have been changed to 'High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh'. Considered views on the proposal were sought from the Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Jammu …

Pakistan Will Hold Talks If India Restores Kashmir's Special Status, Says Imran Khan
3 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan Will Hold Talks If India Restores Kashmir's Special Status, Says Imran Khan

News 18  

Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that Pakistan would hold talks with India if New Delhi restores the pre-August 5, 2019 status of Jammu and Kashmir. India abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 on August 5, 2019 and bifurcated it into two Union territories. Khan said that if India takes back the steps it …

Never heard Vajpayee talk about bifurcation of J&K: Ghulam Nabi Azad in Rajya Sabha
3 years, 11 months ago

Never heard Vajpayee talk about bifurcation of J&K: Ghulam Nabi Azad in Rajya Sabha

India Today  

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday asked the government to restore statehood for Jammu and Kashmir and hold Assembly elections. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Azad said no development was taking place in J&K while tourism and education had been hit hard following the revocation of special status under Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state into two …

Centre Notifies Implementation of 11 Central Laws in J&K, Changes Made in 10 State Acts
4 years, 3 months ago

Centre Notifies Implementation of 11 Central Laws in J&K, Changes Made in 10 State Acts

News 18  

The Centre has notified two orders specifying that 11 central laws will immediately come into effect in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir while nomenclature of 10 state laws will be changed in view of the change of status of the erstwhile state. The erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two union territories – Jammu and …

Centre's new Kashmir: What has changed after a year of abrogation of Article 370
4 years, 5 months ago

Centre's new Kashmir: What has changed after a year of abrogation of Article 370

India Today  

It has been a year since the Central government stripped the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir of its special status and revoked Article 370. Less than a year after being appointed the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Girish Chandra Murmu submitted his resignation on Wednesday. It was later announced that the new LG of J&K would be …

Article 370: How Modi govt changed status of Kashmir a year ago
4 years, 5 months ago

Article 370: How Modi govt changed status of Kashmir a year ago

India Today  

Exactly a year ago, the Narendra Modi government brought two resolutions related to Jammu and Kashmir. Article 370, combined with Article 35A, accorded Jammu and Kashmir special status under the Constitution of India, allowing it to have a separate constitution and a separate penal code among other legal distinctions. Interestingly, Article 370 describes itself as a temporary provision in relation …

Manish Tewari | A year after J&K ambush, many thorny questions remain
4 years, 5 months ago

Manish Tewari | A year after J&K ambush, many thorny questions remain

Deccan Chronicle  

High on the hubris of a second electoral victory, the NDA/BJP government carried out a legislative coup d’état on the state of Jammu & Kashmir. The letter states that out of 600 odd habeas corpus petitions filed in the J&K high court since August 2019, “99 per cent of the habeas corpus petitions have remained pending”. Articles 230 and 231 …

Kashmiri Pandit body demands restoration of Article 370
4 years, 5 months ago

Kashmiri Pandit body demands restoration of Article 370

India Today  

An organisation of migrant Kashmiri Pandits has asked the government of India to restore the statehood and special status for Jammu and Kashmir. The organisation called Reconciliation, Relief and Rehabilitation has demanded that Article 370 be reinstated in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the completion of a year of its abrogation by the government of India on August 5. The …

Time to revive democracy in Jammu and Kashmir | Opinion
4 years, 6 months ago

Time to revive democracy in Jammu and Kashmir | Opinion

Hindustan Times  

August 5 will mark a year since Article 370 was effectively nullified, the state of Jammu and Kashmir was divided into two separate units, and both units — J&K and Ladakh — were made union territories. As the national polity gears up for elections in other parts of the country, there is no reason that people of J&K should be …

The Centre’s Kashmir policy and a heavy price to pay
4 years, 7 months ago

The Centre’s Kashmir policy and a heavy price to pay

The Hindu  

While public attention is focused on COVID-19, Jammu and Kashmir suffers twin lockdowns, rising violence and unilateral government actions, all at the same time. Based on the Home Ministry’s order of March 31, these rules seek to replace the Jammu and Kashmir State subjects law, recognised under Article 35A of the Indian Constitution, which entitled permanent residents of the State …

UT gets its own 'Ladakh Police' force, gets new symbols and insignia
4 years, 7 months ago

UT gets its own 'Ladakh Police' force, gets new symbols and insignia

Op India  

In a significant development, the police administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh will no longer be referred to as ‘Jammu and Kashmir Police’ as the newly formed UT has been assigned its own police force insignias and nomenclature. According to the reports, the earlier usage nomenclature and insignias of ‘Jammu and Kashmir’ police, will henceforth be discarded in Ladakh. …

Indian Penal Code, Criminal Law among 37 Central Laws to be applicable in Jammu and Kashmir
4 years, 10 months ago

Indian Penal Code, Criminal Law among 37 Central Laws to be applicable in Jammu and Kashmir

Live Mint  

The Indian Penal Code, 1860, Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Representation Of People Act, 1950, Census Act 1948 and Prevention Of Corruption Act, 1988, are among the laws which will be applicable to Jammu and Kashmir following Union Cabinet's decision on Wednesday to approve adaptation of central laws under concurrent list to the Union Territory. The …

37 central laws under concurrent list to apply in Jammu and Kashmir
4 years, 10 months ago

37 central laws under concurrent list to apply in Jammu and Kashmir

Op India  

The newly formed Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir will soon be acting under various Central laws under Concurrent list which were not applicable to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, as it was an autonomous state with its own constitution prior to the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A. 37 Central laws including important acts like All India …

J-K ‘was, is and shall forever’ remain integral part: India tells Pak at UNHRC
4 years, 10 months ago

J-K ‘was, is and shall forever’ remain integral part: India tells Pak at UNHRC

Hindustan Times  

Jammu and Kashmir “was, is and shall forever” remain an integral part of India, a top Indian diplomat said at the UN Human Rights Council’s meeting here on Wednesday, a day after Pakistan sought the international community’s intervention on the Kashmir issue. India abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 on August 5 and bifurcated it …

Opinion | J&K needs a healing touch
5 years ago

Opinion | J&K needs a healing touch

Live Mint  

The Union government is reportedly mulling the prospect of according special status to the newly-formed Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh under Article 371 of the Constitution, or along the same lines. As of now, this Article makes special provisions for some 11 states: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Nagaland, Assam, Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, and Karnataka. …

Jammu & Kashmir: Seething Valley
5 years ago

Jammu & Kashmir: Seething Valley

The Hindu  

BAKSHI Ghulam Mohammad’s despotic 10-year rule beginning in August 1953 is emblematic of the steady erosion of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. The 1962 elections were so evidently rigged that the then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, had to issue a note of caution to Srinagar, stating: “In fact, it would strengthen your position much more if you lost a few …

Qureshi rejects bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir in letter to top UN officials
5 years, 1 month ago

Qureshi rejects bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir in letter to top UN officials

India TV News  

In a letter to the UN Secretary General and the President of the Security Council, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has expressed rejection to India's decision to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, the Foreign Office said on Monday. According to a statement with the Foreign Office, as part of his ongoing effort to highlight the Kashmir …

Narrowing options in Jammu and Kashmir
5 years, 1 month ago

Narrowing options in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

It is a little over 100 days since Parliament, on August 5, approved the dilution of Article 370 of the Constitution, and decided to carve out of Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh. There were, no doubt, some ‘highs’ such as voiding of direct criticism of India’s action in Kashmir by a majority of democratic governments …

Temporary President's Rule Cannot Be Used To Permanently Repeal J&K Special Status: Petitioners In Article 370 Cases [Read Rejoinder]
5 years, 1 month ago

Temporary President's Rule Cannot Be Used To Permanently Repeal J&K Special Status: Petitioners In Article 370 Cases [Read Rejoinder]

Live Law  

The petitioners in the plea against abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution have remarked that the case is not about the desirability of Article 370 and that the Court must delve into the question whether the Central Government could use the temporary cover of President's Rule in order to effect a permanent and irreversible alteration in the Federal structure …

'Power To Modify Under Article 370(1)(d) Very Wide' : Centre Defends Repeal Of J&K Special Status, Bifurcation Of State [Read Affidavit]
5 years, 1 month ago

'Power To Modify Under Article 370(1)(d) Very Wide' : Centre Defends Repeal Of J&K Special Status, Bifurcation Of State [Read Affidavit]

Live Law  

The Central Government has denied the allegations of any procedural anomalies in the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and the subsequent enactment of the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019. The submission has come in response to the petitions that were filed challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution by a Presidential Orders passed under Article …

Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh shown as separate Union Territories in new map of India; country now has 28 states, 9 UTs
5 years, 2 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh shown as separate Union Territories in new map of India; country now has 28 states, 9 UTs

Firstpost  

The Union Territory of Ladakh consists of Kargil and Leh while the rest of the erstwhile state is in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday released a new map of India, showing the two recently-created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. The Ministry of Home Affairs said the Union …

Govt releases new map of India showing UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh
5 years, 2 months ago

Govt releases new map of India showing UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The goverment on Saturday released the maps of newly created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh and the map of India depicting these UTs. In 1947, the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir had the following 14 districts - Kathua, Jammu, Udhampur, Reasi, Anantnag, Baramulla, Poonch, Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Leh and Ladakh, Gilgit, Gilgit Wazarat, Chilhas and …

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