MAINS 2016
GS2
12.5 marks
To what extent is Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, bearing marginal note ‘Temporary provision with respect to the State of Jammu and Kashmir’, temporary? Discuss the future prospects of this provision in the context of Indian polity.
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200 words
What the examiner wants
Assess how temporary Article 370 was and discuss its future in Indian polity.
DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1Temporary by label: Part XXI; 370(3) let the President end it on the J&K Constituent Assembly's recommendation≈35 words
- 2Permanent in effect: Constituent Assembly dissolved in 1957; J&K High Court (2015) said it had attained permanence; erosion through Presidential Orders (1954 onwards)≈35 words
- 3Future prospects (as of 2016): integration vs autonomy, Article 35A debate≈35 words
- 4Later development: abrogated in 2019; upheld in 2023≈35 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Text and intentArguments for temporary vs permanentJudicial viewsProspects2019-23 update
Where marks usually go
- Writing only about the 2019 abrogation without the 'temporary' debate
- Political opinion without constitutional reasoning
Draw this
- Timeline: 1949 → 1954 Presidential Order → 1957 → 2019 → 2023
Value addition
- CaseSBI v Santosh Gupta (2016): J&K has no vestige of sovereignty outside the Indian Constitution.Supreme Court, 2016
- CaseIn Re: Article 370 (December 2023): Court upheld the 2019 orders and held Article 370 was a temporary provision.Supreme Court, 2023
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Alfred Thomas · Page 15 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Akash Kumar · AIR 101 · Page 7 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 29 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Akash Kumar · AIR 101 · Page 9 ↗Same syllabus reference
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