WHAT IS ARTICLE 370?
Breaking News : Article 370 Scrapped WHAT IS ARTICLE 370? Article 370 of the Indian constitution gave special status to the region of Jammu and Kashmir . The article was drafted in Part XXI of the Constitution : Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions. The Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir , after its establishment, was empowered to recommend the articles of the Indian constitution that should be applied to the state or to abrogate the Article 370 altogether. After the Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly later created the state's constitution and dissolved itself without recommending the abrogation of Article 370, the article was deemed to have become a permanent feature of the Indian Constitution. Article 370 grants special autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) .Since the time of partition, Article 370 has been a part of the constitution which was introduced with the objective of giving ...