What did Article 370 say?
The controversial Article 370 had
'temporary provisions with respect to the State of Jammu and Kashmir',
allowing it to have its own Constitution.
• The J&K Constitution defined a permanent
resident together who was a State subject as of May 14, 1954, or had been a resident
of the State for 1 0 years thereon date
with a legally acquired property
• Non-permanent residents could not
acquire immovable property, get government employment, scholarships or other aid provided
by the government
• The premise of this special Article emanated
from residency laws issued by the then Maharaja Hari Singh to stop migration of
people from neighboring Punjab during British rule Curbs ashore acquisition by nonpermanent
residents are not unique to J&K— Himachal Pradesh and several
North-Eastern States, too, have this provision In
2002, the High Court
had struck down the supply of women losing their permanent resident status if they married a non-permanent resident.
Their children, however, could not enjoy succession rights .
What's future now
• J&Kwill now have no separate flag or Constitution and the tenure of the Assembly are going to be five years,
rather than the earlier six years
• The Indian legal code (IPC)
will replace the Ranbir legal code (RPC) to affect criminal
cases
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