Kashmir: Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti has welcomed the Supreme Court’s observation that Article 370 is not a temporary provision.
Mehbooba in a tweet said ” While article 370 safeguards the territorial integrity of J&K, it plays a bigger role safeguarding the religious cultural and linguistic integrity of our state. The Hon’ble Supreme court’s observation regarding its permanent status is a welcome assurance to our people.”
Pertinently, she was mounting pressure on BJP top leadership for not scrapping Article 370 and its provision 35 A from J&K as a case was filed by some NGO seeking abrogation of the said article in the supreme court.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that Article 370 of the Constitution which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir is not a temporary provision.
The apex court said that in its earlier verdict of 2017 in the SARFESI case, it has been already held that Article 370 was “not a temporary provision”.
“The issue concerned is covered by the judgement of this court in the 2017 SARFAESI matter, where we have held that despite the headnote of Article 370, it is not a temporary provision,” a bench of justices A K Goel and R F Nariman said.
Earlier, MoS for Home Ahir Hansraj Aheer in parliament had also said that currently there is no proposal under consideration of the government to scrap article 370 from J&K.”
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