CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -On 28 August 2019, the Supreme Court of India agreed to hear multiple petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 and the subsequent bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories.

Detailed explanation-2: -This was a “temporary provision” in that its applicability was intended to last until the formulation and adoption of the State’s constitution. However, the State’s constituent assembly dissolved itself on 25 January 1957 without recommending either abrogation or amendment of the Article 370.

Detailed explanation-3: -Among the amended laws is the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Decentralization and Recruitment) Act 2010. References to “permanent resident of the State” in the Act were substituted by the new concept of “domicile” in the union territory.