The Indian Supreme Court’s decision upholding the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution that granted a special status to Jammu and Kashmir was in some ways a fait accompli given that its momentousness was already internalized in the country’s polity since it was carried out on August 5, 2019.
India’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Union Government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and said that every decision taken by the Centre on behalf of a State can’t be subject to a legal challenge. On August 5, 2019, the Central government announced the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir granted under Article 370 and split the region into two Union Territories.
On August 5, 2019, the Government of India revoked the special status, or limited autonomy, granted under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir. The President of India issued an order under the power of Article 370, overriding the prevailing 1954 Presidential order and nullifying all the provisions of autonomy granted to the state.
In a recent virtual event hosted by an Indian American group, it noted that in the past two years after the abrogation of Article 370, the cases of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir have declined by at least 40 percent.
NAVEEN ZALPURI Naveen Zalpuri is an engineer by profession. He is a Kashmir-born California resident, displaced from Kashmir in 1990. The views expressed are his own. August 5, 2020 marked one year since the landmark bills of Article 370 and 35A dilution were introduced in the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the Indian Parliament, […]
Ritu Jha- Delegations representing US-based Kashmiri Pandits, Sikhs and Dawoodi Bohras met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Houston on Sept 21 and thanked him for his initiative to abrogate Article 370 and remove the names of Sikhs blacklisted against entry into India and urged him to look into a few more demands. The Kashmiri […]
IANS- A leading overseas Kashmiri organization has welcomed the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A while warning against misinformation and fear being spread by some quarters on the issue. “Articles 370 and 35A were highly discriminatory against all indigenous Kashmiri minorities – Sufi Muslims, Shia Muslims, Ahmadi Muslims, Dalits, Gujjars, Kashmiri Pandits, Kashmiri Sikhs, […]
Ritu Jha- The Kashmiri Overseas Association (KOA) says they are surprised to see The Lancet, a reputable medical journal, has written a one-sided story about Kashmir. On Aug.17th, The Lancet published an article entitled, “Fear and Uncertainty Around Kashmir’s Future,” sympathizing with the present residents of Kashmir. The article references A Médecins Sans Frontières study […]
Ritu Jha- More than 400 people including elected officials, entrepreneurs, academics, community leaders, and Indian political leaders took part in the 73rd India Independence Day Celebration hosted by the Indian Consulate in San Francisco, on Aug. 15, at the San Francisco War Memorial Building. The city of San Francisco in honor of India’s independence lit […]
Ritu Jha- As people gathered to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th Birth Anniversary in Milpitas, California, they could not resist sharing their views on the abrogation of Article 370 by Prime Minister Modi. On Aug. 5, Jammu and Kashmir were given a special status of a Union Territory under Article 370 of the constitution of […]
IANS- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said with the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A in Jammu and Kashmir, the dream of “One Nation, One Constitution” has been realized, as he lashed out at the opposition speaking against the move, asking if they felt it was so necessary why didn’t they make it […]
Ritu Jha- The excitement, emotion, compassion, and fear were visible at the celebration of the abrogation of Article 370 and integration of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions into India as well as giving hope of visiting the lost land. People from various community organizations showcased their solidarity with Kashmiris over Kashmiri Kahwas (tea)at the India […]
Jeevan Zutshi- Congratulations to all Indian nationalists who are celebrating this historic day when history has finally been corrected by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah of BJP. We welcome the decision of the President of India for revoking condition #3 within Article 370. By making the new areas of Jammu & Kashmir a […]
indica News Bureau- The Kashmiri Pandits residing in the United States on Monday, Aug.5, rejoiced the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A of the constitution, saying that this is a dream come true and paves the way for their return to the homeland in the near future. Welcoming the reorganization of Jammu & Kashmir, […]
IANS- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday proposed to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir and said the state will be split into two Union Territories: Jammu and Kashmir with an Assembly and Ladakh without one. Making a historic announcement in the Rajya Sabha that […]
IANS- For the first time since Article 370 was scrapped on August 5, most shops in Kashmir opened through the day. Last week’s snowfall in Kashmir spurred the opening up of shops and other businesses. Kashmir has been witnessing a shutdown since August 5 with shops opening only for a couple of hours in the […]
Justice Markandey Katju writes: A bench of the Indian Supreme Court consisting of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan gave a historic judgment on March 7 this year. The facts of the case were that a Maharashtra college professor, Javed Ahmad Hajam, posted a piece on WhatsApp critical of the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and wishing Pakistan on its Independence Day.
Yami Gautam says she hopes her character, spirited intelligence officer Zooni Haksar in the political action thriller ‘Article 370’, inspires young women to join the Intelligence Bureau and the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Justice Markandey Katju writes: In his concurring judgment in the case relating to abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul of the Indian Supreme Court, recommended setting up a ‘Truth and Reconciliation Commission’ in Kashmir to investigate and report violations of human rights in the state from the 1980s, to heal the wounds. Perhaps Justice Kaul got his idea of setting up such a Commission from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission set up in South Africa in 1995 after the apartheid regime was dismantled.
Justice Markandey Katju writes: Following the Indian Supreme Court’s unanimous verdict upholding the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, Mohammad Abdullah, a member of the Rajya Sabha (the upper House of the Indian Parliament), who belongs to DMK Party in Tamil Nadu, created a controversy while participating in the debate on the J&K Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill and the J&K Reservation (Amendment) Bill.
Eminent citizens, speakers, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists converged in California recently to discuss Jammu and Kashmir and the way ahead after the abrogation of Article 370 by the Narendra Modi government on August 21, 2019. The first-of-its-kind Kashmir Conclave was held May 13, at India Community Center in Milpitas, California. The Kashmir Conclave team, hosted by a group of individuals mainly Kashmir natives played a crucial role in organizing the event, including accomplished entrepreneurs, lawyers and doctors. The team members include Jeevan Zutshi, Zara Hashim, Irfan Ali, and Tasawar Jalali.
In an interview with indica, Pandit did not sound pleased with the way Prime Minister Narendra Modi dealt with the abrogation of Article 370. He said the recent spurt in violence is fomenting a new exodus of Kashmiris, and “even those people who did not leave in 1990 are leaving now.”
In the first all-party meeting involving leaders from Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the Centre is fully committed to the democratic process in J&K, and holding Assembly elections in the region just like the successful conduct of the District Development Council (DDC) polls is a priority.
Veteran Republican Dr Sampat S Shivangi told indica News that he was obligated to support Trump because he favored India’s abrogation of Article 370 and the Modi government’s Citizenship Amendment Act.
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir “hamara hai”, Home Minister Amit Shah said in the parliament during a discussion on the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 on Wednesday, December 6. Both bills were passed by a voice vote later. Shah said that Jammu and Kashmir suffered due to the “blunders” of India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Congress party MPs staged a walkout after this statement.
