Consider the following statements about Article 35A of Indian Constitution 1 It was added by a 1954 ...........

Indian Polity Citizenship

Consider the following statements about Article 35A of Indian Constitution:

1. It was added by a 1954 presidential order issued under Article 370

2. It empowers the Jammu and Kashmir state’s legislature to define “permanent residents” of the state and provide special rights and privileges to those permanent residents.

Choose the correct statements from the option given below

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

Both the statements are correct.

Article 35A is a provision incorporated in the Constitution giving the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature a carte blanche to decide who all are ‘permanent residents’ of the State and confer on them special rights and privileges in public sector jobs, acquisition of property in the State, scholarships and other public aid and welfare.
The provision mandates that no act of the legislature coming under it can be challenged for violating the Constitution or any other law of the land.
Article 35A was incorporated into the Constitution in 1954 by an order of the then President Rajendra Prasad on the advice of the Jawaharlal Nehru Cabinet.