The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition in July, challenging the 2019 notification that scrapped the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution.
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the early hearing of application challenging the constitutional validity of the Presidential order, which amended and rendered the provisions of Article 370 inoperative, stripping the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
The petitioner Mustafa MH says that after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, section 18 is hit by Article 22 (7) of the Constitution that did not apply to Jammu and Kashmir.
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In the latest development, the MHA has notified land laws paving the way for Indian citizens to buy land in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The ministry in a statement stated that the order will be called Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Adaptation of Central Laws) Third Order, 2020.