Article 35a
Article 35a 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.
Article 35a. It was inserted through the constitution application to jammu and kashmir order 1954 which was issued by president rajendra prasad under article 370 on the the advice of the nehru led union government. Article 35a is a provision incorporated in the constitution giving the jammu and kashmir legislature a carte blanche to decide who all are permanent residents of the state and confer on them. Incorporated in the constitution by a 1954 presidential order article 35a confers special rights and privileges upon the citizens of jammu and kashmir j k and prohibits. Article 35a confers upon the government of jammu and kashmir the power to define permanent residents and give them special rights and privileges with regard to employment acquiring immovable.
What is article 35a. Article 35a of the constitution provide jammu and kashmir legislature a carte blanche to decide who all are permanent residents of the state and confer on them special rights and privileges in. Why is it being challenged. Article 35a of the indian constitution was an article that empowered the jammu and kashmir state s legislature to define permanent residents of the state and provide special rights and privileges to those permanent residents.
Article 35a became necessary as part of the extension of indian citizenship to the j k state subjects part of the presidential order of 1954. It is a constitutional provision that allows the jammu kashmir assembly to define permanent residents of the state.