Why SC has set a dangerous precedent by asking a Kashmiri MP to swear allegiance to the Constitution

The court’s direction has no basis in law. Personal opinions are irrelevant to the right to seek constitutional remedies, experts say.

https://scroll.in/article/1055475/why-sc-has-set-a-dangerous-precedent-by-asking-a-kashmiri-mp-to-swear-allegiance-to-the-constitution

#SupremeCourt #kashmir #article370case #MohammedAkbarLone #DYChandrachud #article32 ##article370 #article370abrogation #constitution #FundamentalRights #india

Supreme Court reserves verdict in Article 370 abrogation challenge

The government said the Valley had prospered in the past four-and-a-half years after the repeal of Article 370 in August 2019.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-reserves-verdict-in-article-370-abrogation-challenge/article67274228.ece

#kashmir #article370case #SupremeCourt #article370 #article370abrogation #constitution #federalism #DYChandrachud #india

J&K administration revokes suspension order of lecturer who argued against abrogation of Article 370

Zahoor Bhat was suspended after he told the Supreme Court that the abolition of the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir was against the Constitution.

https://scroll.in/latest/1055349/j-k-administration-revokes-suspension-order-of-lecturer-who-argued-against-abrogation-of-article-370

#kashmir #article370case #article370 #article370abrogation #constitution #JKGovt #TusharMehta #india

J&K Police objects to BBC article on Kashmir media situation, says it has right to take legal action

The article titled ‘Any story could be your last – India’s crackdown on Kashmir press’ was published on Friday.

https://scroll.in/latest/1055315/j-k-police-objects-to-bbc-article-on-kashmiri-journalists-says-it-has-right-to-take-legal-action

#kashmir #JKPolice #BBC #PressFreedom #media #journalism #AsifSultan #TheKashmirWalla #censorship #UAPA #SIA #DraconianLaws #india

In re Article 370: Recap of 14 days of hearings

A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices S.K. Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant, is hearing a batch of petitions challenging the August 5, 2019 decision to end the autonomy guaranteed to J&K under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. The major highlights of each day and memorable quotes.

https://theleaflet.in/article-370-hearings-recap-after-day-1/

#kashmir #article370case #SupremeCourt #article370 #article370abrogation #constitution #india

Kashmiri
Journalists told to fear
Reporting risks all too real
Cracking down, silencing truth
Oppression

#kashmir #india #pressfreedom #journalism #cinquain #poetry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66155796

#BBCNews - 'Any story could be your last' - #India 's crackdown on #Kashmir press
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66155796
By Yogita Limaye

Court orders release of Kashmiri student languishing in Haryana jail

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has quashed the detention of a South Kashmir student under the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA). The accused was put behind the bars without an FIR.

https://thekashmiriyat.co.uk/court-orders-release-of-kashmiri-student-languishing-in-haryana-jail

#kashmir #JKHC #haryana #YamunaNagar #PublicSafetyAct #PSA #DraconianLaws #india

J&K: Dalit IAS officer files complaint of “harassment, humiliation” against L-G, Chief Secretary

In a major development, a Dalit whistle blower IAS officer Ashok Kumar Parmar has knocked the doors of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) against Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and chief secretary Arun Mehta for “inflicting harassment and humiliation upon him.”

https://www.thestatesman.com/india/jk-dalit-ias-officer-files-complaint-of-harassment-humiliation-against-l-g-chief-secretary-1503216550.html

#kashmir #dalits #ManojSinha #ArunMehta #casteism #corruption #JalJeevanMission #NCSC #governors #caste #india

Miss World Karolina Bielawska will visit Kashmir on a day-long tour along with other pageant winners. The event, held in collaboration with Jammu and Kashmir Tourism, aims to showcase the region's beauty and provide a platform for local artists. The visit comes ahead of the Miss World 2023 pageant, which will be held in India later this year.
#MissWorldKarolinaBielawska #Kashmir
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/miss-world-karolina-bielawska-to-visit-kashmir-on-day-long-tour/articleshow/103107711.cms

J&K: Principal, teacher booked for thrashing student who wrote ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on school board

The boy has been hospitalised and the police have arrested the teacher. The teacher and the principal have been booked under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 342 (wrongful confinement), 504 (intentional insult), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 75 (cruelty to child) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act.

https://scroll.in/latest/1054954/j-k-principal-teacher-booked-for-thrashing-student-who-wrote-jai-shri-ram-on-school-board

#kashmir #kathua #HateCrime #ChildAbuse #JKPolice #IPC #law #india

J&K lecturer suspended for appearing in SC, arguing for petitioners in Article 370 case

A senior lecturer at a government school in Srinagar has been suspended from service after appearing in an ongoing hearing in the Supreme Court on the abrogation of Article 370. Zahoor Ahmad Bhat, an advocate, appeared in the apex court on Wednesday, arguing for the petitioners in the case.

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/srinagar/jk-lecturer-suspended-for-appearing-in-sc-arguing-for-petitioners-in-article-370-case-8909821/

#kashmir #srinagar #article370case #article370abrogation #article370 #SupremeCourt #india

How ‘Kashmir Files’ added to communal fires in Khargone that ended with bulldozer injustice

A Ram Navami riot left both Hindus and Muslims hurt. But Muslim properties were singled out for demolitions, setting off a new, disturbing trend in India. (Article from April 2022)

https://scroll.in/article/1022860/how-kashmir-files-added-to-communal-fires-in-khargone-that-ended-with-bulldozer-injustice

#KashmirFiles #bollywood #MadhyaPradesh khargone #AntiMuslimRiots #HinduMobs #RamNavamiRiots #kashmir #VivekAgnihotri #hindutva #FascistCinema #cinema #india

The blocking of ‘The Kashmir Walla’ underscores India’s draconian censorship of the internet

The government’s powers to censor online content have been further boosted by a Karnataka High Court order and a new data protection law.

https://scroll.in/article/1054725/the-blocking-of-the-kashmir-walla-underscores-draconian-censorship-on-the-internet-in-india

#kashmir #TheKashmirWalla #PressFreedom #censorship #ITAct2000 #ITRules2009 #meity #DPDPBill #journalism #KarnatakaHC #BJP #DraconianLaws #UnionGovt #india

1930s #Nazi #Germany anyone?!

#Kashmir #narendramodi #BJP #KashmirWalla #press #pressfreedom #India #IndiaNews

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/india-kashmir-walla-press-freedom-rcna101126

Debt, Distress & Antidepressants: Thousands Struggle To Recover From A J&K Trade Route Closed 4 Years Ago

On 8 March 2019, the Indian government shut down for repairs a single-lane ‘bridge of peace’, suspending a flourishing barter trade between Kashmiris in India and Pakistan. The bridge never reopened. Thousands of jobs were hit and crores lost by the overnight closure, as traders found themselves unable to repay loans or clear stocks. Article14 found shuttered hotels, godowns and depressed traders, labourers and others still struggling to cope with the end of a once-booming economy.

#kashmir #KamanAmanBridge #uri #poonch #muzaffarabad #LOC #pakistan #trade #unemployment #poverty #business #HomeMinistry #MentalHealth #borders #india

Supreme Court judgment delivered four decades ago counters President’s rule in J&K

The minuscule verdict, containing just one paragraph, was produced by senior advocate Shekhar Naphade before a five-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud hearing the challenge to the repeal of Article 370 from the Indian Constitution.

#kashmir #article370 #constitution #article370abrogation #SupremeCourt #article356 #LegislativeAssembly #PresidentsRule #UnionGovt #BJP #SatyaPalMalik #governors #india

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-judgment-delivered-four-decades-ago-counters-president-rule-in-jk/article67216398.ece

500 Days: Kashmiri Journalist Fahad Shah’s Incarceration Is An Exercise In Assumptions & Retribution

Five hundred days after the Jammu and Kashmir police arrested him, journalist Fahad Shah, 32, remains incarcerated for an article he did not write but published more than 10 years ago as the editor of The Kashmir Walla, a digital news magazine he launched that year aged 21.

#kashmir #FahadShah #TheKashmirWalla #AbdulAlaFazili #PressFreedom #UAPA #FCRA #PublicSafetyAct #DraconianLaws #JKPolice #censorship #journalism #dissent #BJP #NIA #JKSIA #india

https://article-14.com/post/500-days-kashmiri-journalist-fahad-shah-s-incarceration-is-an-exercise-in-assumptions-retribution--648fbd385207e

Mirwaiz Sends J&K Administration a Legal Notice Against His 'Arbitrary, Illegal' Detention

All Parties Hurriyat Conference chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was put under house arrest along with other mainstream and some separatist leaders of Jammu and Kashmir on August 4, 2019.

#kashmir #MirwaizUmarFarooq #APHC #article370abrogation #JamiaMasjid #ManojSinha #india

https://thewire.in/rights/mirwaiz-sends-jk-administration-a-legal-notice-against-his-arbitrary-illegal-detention

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Friday, August 4, 2023

🎞️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6wmflg_t2E

"Tomorrow is 5th August, and this date is very special because on this day four years ago the #Modi government repealed Article 370 by bringing a law in the Parliament. Politics has also been taking place regarding Article 370. Some have called this step by the government unconstitutional, and many parties in #JammuAndKashmir have been demanding the restoration of Article 370."

#DNA #India #Kashmir #news #ZeeNews