<p>Srinagar: The Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly Secretariat has disallowed several resolutions, including those calling for the restoration of Article 370, the release of detainees, and a review of the reservation policy, sources said.</p><p>The resolution on the restoration of Article 370, which was submitted by Sajad Lone, the chief of the People’s Conference and MLA, was rejected under the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly.</p><p>Specifically, the resolution was disallowed in accordance with Rule 187, which stipulates that no resolution or amendment raising substantially the same question can be moved within one year from the date of the earlier resolution.</p>.Symbol of peace, Kaman Bridge reopens after six years for a tragic exchange.<p>In the last assembly session in November 2024, the National Conference-led government had brought a “mild-worded” resolution seeking the restoration of the region’s special status. However, Lone alleged that the resolution lacked clarity and failed to explicitly demand the reinstatement of Article 370.</p><p>In August 2019, the Centre revoked Article 370 of Indian Constitution, which gave special status to the region, and bifurcated the erstwhile state into two UTs — J&K with an assembly and Ladakh without one. In December 2023, the Supreme Court upheld the Modi government’s decision to abrogate Article 370.</p><p>Sources said that resolutions related to the Home Department were also blocked, as they fall outside the jurisdiction of the Assembly under the J&K Reorganisation Act, Section 32. Matters involving detainees, they added, come under the purview of the Home Department, further cementing the decision to disallow such resolutions.</p>.<p>Additionally, resolutions concerning the reservation policy and related issues, proposed by both ruling party and opposition legislators, were rejected due to their ongoing adjudication in the Jammu & Kashmir High Court.</p><p>The Assembly’s rules also specify that any matter under judicial review is not permissible for debate. According to sub-rule (5) of Rule 177, resolutions cannot relate to issues currently under adjudication by any court having jurisdiction in India.</p>
<p>Srinagar: The Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly Secretariat has disallowed several resolutions, including those calling for the restoration of Article 370, the release of detainees, and a review of the reservation policy, sources said.</p><p>The resolution on the restoration of Article 370, which was submitted by Sajad Lone, the chief of the People’s Conference and MLA, was rejected under the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly.</p><p>Specifically, the resolution was disallowed in accordance with Rule 187, which stipulates that no resolution or amendment raising substantially the same question can be moved within one year from the date of the earlier resolution.</p>.Symbol of peace, Kaman Bridge reopens after six years for a tragic exchange.<p>In the last assembly session in November 2024, the National Conference-led government had brought a “mild-worded” resolution seeking the restoration of the region’s special status. However, Lone alleged that the resolution lacked clarity and failed to explicitly demand the reinstatement of Article 370.</p><p>In August 2019, the Centre revoked Article 370 of Indian Constitution, which gave special status to the region, and bifurcated the erstwhile state into two UTs — J&K with an assembly and Ladakh without one. In December 2023, the Supreme Court upheld the Modi government’s decision to abrogate Article 370.</p><p>Sources said that resolutions related to the Home Department were also blocked, as they fall outside the jurisdiction of the Assembly under the J&K Reorganisation Act, Section 32. Matters involving detainees, they added, come under the purview of the Home Department, further cementing the decision to disallow such resolutions.</p>.<p>Additionally, resolutions concerning the reservation policy and related issues, proposed by both ruling party and opposition legislators, were rejected due to their ongoing adjudication in the Jammu & Kashmir High Court.</p><p>The Assembly’s rules also specify that any matter under judicial review is not permissible for debate. According to sub-rule (5) of Rule 177, resolutions cannot relate to issues currently under adjudication by any court having jurisdiction in India.</p>