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| NGO wants Constitution bench to hear plea for scrapping Art 35A | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 5: An RSS-linked NGO, which has moved the Supreme Court for scrapping Article 35A that gives special rights and privileges to the Jammu and Kashmir natives, today said it would seek hearing of its plea by a Constitution bench.
There is no need to defer the hearing again We are going to tell the Supreme Court through our counsel tomorrow that our petition on Article 35A should be decided by a Constitution bench, Chetan Sharma, convener of the J&K chapter of the civil society 'We the Citizens', told reporters here.
The Article 35A, which was added to the Constitution by a 1954 Presidential Order, accords special rights and privileges to the permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir and denies property rights to a native woman who marries a person from outside the state.
It also bars people from outside the state from acquiring any immovable property in the state.
The main petition demanding scrapping of the Article 35A was filed before the apex court in 2014 by Delhi-based NGO 'We the Citizens'.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the plea against the validity of the Article 35-A tomorrow.
The state government has filed an application to the Supreme Court's registrar, informing him that it is going to seek adjournment of the hearing of the petition in view of the "ongoing preparations for the upcoming Panchayat and urban local body elections in the state".
We are ready for an argument. Those who want an argument over it should come forward. How long will it be deferred? Delaying the judgement is not the solution, Sharma said.
Without naming anyone, he said the NGO was also approached by "certain persons" to seek deferment of the case.
We want an argument over the issue. We have filed the main petition seeking revocation of the article 35A and eight petitions were filed jointly against our petition in the Apex court, he said.
He dismissed as propaganda that revocation of the Article would cause a massive jolt to the state and said Kashmir-centric parties and "some so-called intellectuals in Jammu" are misleading the people on the issue even as it is sub-judice. |
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