Article 35-A row: Bar Association protest in Anantnag

Sheikh Nadeem

 

 SRINAGAR, (PTK):  Several members of Bar Association Anantnag  staged a peaceful protest against the ‘attempts’ to abrogate Article 35-A of the constitution that confers special rights on the permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir.

The lawyers, led by Bar Association president Advocate  Fayaz Ahmed Saudagar,  register their protest against the scrapping of the article.Supreme Court of India is hearing pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35(A), which prohibits a non-J&K resident from buying property in the State and ensures job reservation for J&K residents. (PTK)

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