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For Mains: Articles 370, Supreme Court’s decision, Reasons behind abrogation of Article 370, impact of abrogation of Article 370 On 11 th December 2023, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India delivered a historic judgment on the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A. On January 26th, 1950, the Constitution of India came into force. Article 370 set three broad frameworks. Broadly, Article 370 stipulated India would not make laws in Jammu & Kashmir outside the scope set out by the Instrument of Accession, without the ‘concurrence’ of its government. Further, it stated that except Article 1, which declared India as a ‘Union of States’, and Article 370 itself, no part of the Constitution would apply to Jammu & Kashmir. The President of India could ... Article 370 was the constitutional provision that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, while Article 35A was a legal provision that flowed from Article 370 and gave the state of Jammu and Kashmir the power to define who is a "permanent resident" of the state, and to confer special rights and privileges to these residents. Article 370 exempts J&K from the application of the Constitution of India (except Article 1 and Article 370 itself) and permits the state to draft its own Constitution.
