SC to hear challenges against Article 35A: All you need to know about it

Any move towards scrapping Article 35A has been opposed by Kashmir's political parties and Separatist leaders

The Supreme Court on Monday listed pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35A for hearing from February 26 to February 28. Article 35A accords special rights to Jammu and Kashmir's citizens and prevents people from outside the state from acquiring any immovable property there.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has said that Article 35A is an obstacle in Jammu and Kashmir's development and that it encourages alienation. The party alleges Kashmir's people have been misled into believing that the Article is in the state's interest. Meanwhile, any move towards scrapping the Article has been opposed by Kashmir's