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Baig to mount PDP defence of Art. 35 A
Why it is in news?
- The Peoples Democratic Party said senior leader and MP Muzaffar Hussain Baig and party counsel will fight the legal challenge to the validity of Article 35A in the Supreme Court on the next date of hearing.
- Mr. Baig, an alumni of Harvard Law School, served as the advocate-general of Jammu and Kashmir from 1987-89 before joining politics.
- It was unanimously agreed during the meeting that the special position accorded to the State of Jammu and Kashmir by the Constitution of India needs to be protected on all fronts and that the party will remain in the forefront to defend it in the Supreme Court.
Top lawyers
- It was highlighted how the PDP while being part of the coalition with the BJP took “drastic and vital measures” for the defence of Article 35A
- The government had engaged the top lawyers of the country for the purpose.
- The Supreme Court had on August 6 said a three-judge bench would decide whether the pleas challenging Article 35A should be referred to a five-judge Constitution bench for examining the larger issue of alleged violation of the doctrine of basic structure of the Constitution.
Source
The Hindu