SC likely to hear petitions on Article 35A this week, Mufti warns ‘don’t blame Kashmiris for what will follow’ timesnownews.com

The Supreme Court is likely to hear petitions on Article 35A this week, between February 26-28, a case that questions its validity, but is critical for peace, law and order in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The provision included in the Indian Constitution in 1954 grants special rights and privileges to the people of the Valley. However, there have been a lot of volatile reactions coming in favour of the act in the Constitution, with former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party head Mehbooba Mufti saying that “tampering with Article 370 and Article 35A will render the Treaty of Accession null and void”.