The Supreme Court of India on Monday adjourned the hearing of a bunch of petitions challenging Article 35A of Constitution of India, which bars outsiders from buying immovable property in Jammu and Kashmir.
A two-judge bench of the apex court listed the matter for the week starting August 27.
CJI Dipak Misra pointed out that the petition has to be decided by a three-judge bench, but Justice D Y Chandrachud who was to be part of it is absent today, reported Indian Express.
Jammu and Kashmir administration headed by Governor N N Vohra also sought adjournment of hearing on petitions challenging Article35A, saying preparations for local body polls were going on.
Meanwhile, life across the Kashmir Valley remained adversely affected for the second consecutive day due to an unprecedented shutdown on Monday.
Separatist conglomerate, Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for the protest shutdown to voice support for Article 35A. Dozens of trade and industry bodies have supported the strike call.
A Delhi based NGO, ‘We the Citizens’ has filed one of the petitions challenging the validity of article 35 A that guarantees hereditary special citizenship rights to the people of J&K and bars non-state residents from buying land and applying in various government jobs in the State.
