Advocate Bimal Roy Jad mentioned that the matter before the bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi which also comprise Justices L Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna. He sought urgent hearing of the petition, filed by ‘We The Citizens’, saying that the court had earlier ordered listing of the matter in the second week of January.
Article 35-A, which was incorporated in the Constitution by a 1954 Presidential Order, accords special rights and privileges to the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir and bars people from outside the state from acquiring any immovable property in the state.
In August, the apex court adjourned hearing on a batch of petitions challenging Article 35 A till January this year but after taking note of submissions of the Centre and the state government that there was a law and order problem in the state.
