Art. 370 Article 370 S. 147
Art. 370 Article 370 S. 147
Art. 370 Article 370 S. 147
(4) at any rate, the proviso is bad because it conflicts with s. 103 of the Constitution of
Jammu & Kashmir;
(5) that the detention order is bad because the detaining authority has not applied its mind;
and (6) that the order of detention is bad because it was not served or executed in
accordance with law.
In support of his first contention the learned counsel urged that under Art. 370 of the Indian
Constitution the only authority which is recognised as 'the Government of the State of Jammu &
Kashmir is the Sadar-i-Riyasat, Article 370 contemplates that the Sadar-i-Riyasat would be the head of
the- State of Jammu and Kashmir and the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly had no power to abolish the
office of the Sadar-i- Riyasat. He further urged that s. 147 cf, the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir
also contemplates that the Sadar-i- Riyasat shall exist and 'be the head of the State. He urged that the
only possible way of getting rid of the Sadar-i- Riyasat would be the amendment of the Constitution of
India as applied to Jammu and Kashmir.
Article 370 of the Constitution dealt with the relationship of the State of Jammu & Kashmir with the
Union of India. Article 370 reads as follows :
(a) the provision of 'article 238 shall not apply in relation to the State of Jammu and
Kashmir;
(b) the power of Parliament to make laws for the said State shall be limited to-
(i) those matters in the Union List and the Concurrent List which, in consultation with the
Government of the State, are declared by the President to correspond to matters specified in
the Instrument of Accession governing the accession of the State to the Dominion of India
as the matters with respect to which the Dominion Legislature may make laws for that
State; and
On November 15, 1952, the President made Order No. C.O. 44 to the following effect:
"In exercise of the powers conferred by this article (art. 370) the President, an the
recommendation of the Constituent Assembly of the 'State of Jammu and Kashmir,
declared that, as from the 17th day of November, 1952, the said art. 370 shall be operative
with the modification that for the Explanation in cl. (1) thereof, the following Explanation
is substituted, namely:-
(b) references to the Government of the said State shall be construed as including
references to the Sadar i-Riyasat acting on the advice of his Council of Ministers......... "
To art. 368 was added the following proviso: "Provided further that no such amendment
shall have effect in relation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir unless applied by order of
the President under clause (1) of article 370."