Delhi HC to hear PIL on A370
Q. Delhi HC agreed to hear a PIL challenging constitution validity of which article of the constitution on 29th September 2015?- Published on 30 Sep 15a. A19
b. A21
c. A33
d. A370
ANSWER: A370
Delhi HC on 28 September 2015 agreed to hear a PIL that challenges the constitutional validity of Article 370 of the Constitution of India that deals with the special status of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) filed by a 22-year old Kumari Vijayalakshmi Jha. It was decided that bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath be posted the hearing on the matter for 19 October 2015.
The constitutional validity of A370 was challenged on the basis that it was a temporary provision or interim arrangement until a separate Constitution for J&K was framed by the State Constituent Assembly. With the dissolution of the State’s Constituent Assembly on 26 January 1957, the Article 370 also lapsed. Constituent Assembly of J&K was constituted in October 1951 for framing the J&K Constitution. Article 370 of the Constitution of India provides special autonomous status to state of Jammu and Kashmir and is drafted in Part XXXI of the Constitution pertaining to Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions.
