Article 370 of The Constitution of India
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Article 370 of the Indian constitution used to give particular position to the region of Jammu and Kashmir. The article was drafted in Part XXI of the Constitution: Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions. The Constituent Assembly of J & K, after its establishment, was authorized to recommend the articles of the Indian constitution that should be applied to the state the Article 370.
This article, along with Article 35A, defined that the Jammu & Kashmir residents live under a different rules of laws, related to citizenship, ownership of property, and their fundamental rights, as compared to other resident of other Indian states. Due to this provision, Indian citizens from other states cannot purchase land or property in Jammu & Kashmir.
On 5 August 2019, the President of India Ram Nath Kovind issued a constitutional order revoking the 1954 order, and making all the provisions of the Indian constitution applicable to Jammu and Kashmir. The order rendered the Article 370 and Article 35A of the Indian constitution ineffective. Home Minister Mr Amit Shah introduced a resolution in the upper house of the Parliament, Rajya Sabha, seeking to reorganize the state with Jammu and Kashmir serving as a Union Territory and Ladakh region as a separate union territory. This was a historical day in India.
