PRESENTATION BY SUMANA SEN APARAJITA ROY WHAT IS

PRESENTATION BY: SUMANA SEN APARAJITA ROY

WHAT IS ARTICLE 370? Ø Ø Ø Basis of Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to the Indian Union Grants special autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir Separate set of laws Cannot purchase land or property No power to declare financial emergency

WHAT IS ARTICLE 35 A? Ø Ø Ø To continue the old provisions of territory regulations Forbids outsiders from permanently settling, buying lands, holding local government jobs Bars female residents from property rights

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Ø Ø Ø 26 th October 1947 --- Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession to India Accepted by Lord Mountbatten Jammu and Kashmir became a part of India

INCORPORATION INTO OUR CONSTITUTION Ø Ø Gopalswami Ayyangar --- one of the chief architects of Article 370 Nehru --- in favour of Article 370 Temporary provision Would be abolished over a period of time

ABROGATION AS PER CONSTITUTION Ø Lord Mountbatten, “It is my Government’s wish, that as soon as law and order have been restored in Kashmir and her soil is clear of the invader, the question of the State’s accession be settled by a reference to the people” Ø Permits revocation of the law by a Presidential order

HOW WAS THIS ABROGATION IMPLEMENTED? Ø Ø Anas Tanwir, “The Government has used a brilliant loophole in the law. ” President needed the concurrence of the Constituent Assembly The amendment of Article 367 equaled the Constituent Assembly to the State Legislature was made equal to the Governor

WORLD OPINION --- UNITED NATIONS Ø Ø Ø Pakistan attempted to seek UN intervention Antonio Gutteres --stressed on Shimla Agreement (1972) International community treats Kashmir dispute as a bi-lateral issue

VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES --- VOICES a. b. c. d. Soldier (G. D. Bakshi) Legal expert (Harish Salve) Kashmiri diaspora Kashmiri locals

ACTIVITIES a. b. c. d. Mind-mapping Discussion Role play Poem

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