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The assembly in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the many outcomes of the July 13, 1931 massacre. Recommended by a British officer JB Glancy, the initial assembly, the Parja Sabha had more nominated members from the darbar than the elected ones. The right to vote was restricted to adult males, a candidate had to prove he can read and write before being permitted to contest and the entire seat adjustment was on a communal basis. Right now, a new delimitation process is underway. This write-up by
Prof Gulshan Rai
The Tribune
, then published from Lahore, on February 18, 1939, offers some basic ideas about the pre-partition constitutions, assembly and the delimitation process in Kashmir. This opinion also offers an idea about how the Maharaja was loved by the subcontinentâs English media
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New J&K Assembly may have 18 seats reserved for SCs, STs
*STs to have political reservations first time
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Feb 26: The Delimitation Commission might reserve somewhere around 18 Assembly seats out of a total of 90 for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir after assessing the constituencies where there is maximum population of the two communities. Last Assembly of erstwhile State of J&K had only seven seats reserved for SCs while STs had no reservation and this will be for the first time that they will be getting reservation in the Assembly.
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Govt to extend term of Delimitation Comm chairperson by six months
Visit to J&K shortly
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Feb 20: Delimitation Commission chairperson Justice (Retired) Ranjana Prakash Desai will be visiting Jammu and Kashmir shortly as the Union Ministry for Law and Justice is set to extend her term beyond March 5 while the Commission is likely to invite suggestions on delimitation and reservation of Assembly constituencies in the Union Territory in writing from the political parties.
Reliable sources told the Excelsior that the Union Ministry for Law and Justice which had constituted the Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir on March 6, 2020 for fresh delimitation of 90 Assembly constituencies in the Union Territory is likely to extend the term of Justice Desai, most likely for another six months as her one-year term is expiring on March 5.
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