What is Article 35A?

Supreme Court will take up a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35A.

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 30, 2017 10:40 am

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Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti (Express photo by Renuka Puri)

It is a constitutional provision that allows the Jammu-Kashmir assembly to define permanent residents of the state. According to the Jammu-Kashmir constitution, a Permanent Resident is defined as a person who was a state subject on May 14, 1954, or who has been residing in the state for a period of 10 years, and has “lawfully acquired immovable property in the state”.