Article 35A: Supreme Court to hear petition for scrapping Jammu and Kashmir's special status

The Supreme Court is set to hear a petition seeking the scrapping of Article 35 A in the state of Jammu and Kashmir today. Article 35A, incorporated in the Constitution by a 1954 Presidential Order, accords special rights and privileges to the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir and denies property rights to a woman who marries a person from outside the state. 

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