Appearing in behalf of the state administration, Additional Solicitor-General of India Tushar Mehta told the top court that any decision on Article 35A could lead to deterioration of law and order situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
SC to hear petitions against Article 35A, abduction of police personnel relatives in South Kashmir
Separatists have called for a complete protest shutdown in the Valley on August 31 for protection of article 35A.
Rail services between Baramulla and Banihal have been suspended, while the University of Kashmir has rescheduled the entrance exams to be held on Thursday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Separtists pelt stones at security forces after false rumour regarding scrapping Article 35A spreads in Kashmir Valley
People took to streets in many parts of the valley following a media report that the apex court will hear the petition challenging the validity of Article 35-A on Monday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Row over Article 35A initiates shutdown in many parts, protesters clash with police.
Article 35-A Row: Clashes erupt in south Kashmir over rumours, heavy security deployed
Security forces are controlling the situation. In a statement, police appealed to people to maintain calm and not pay heed to rumours.
Article 35A hearing in Supreme Court LIVE Updates: The next date of hearing is August 31 when the apex court is expected to take up batch of pleas filed in the matter.
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), consisting of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik, had on August 17 called for a two-day strike from August 26, but the strike has now been deferred to the end of the month.
The apex court has listed the matter for hearing in the week commencing August 27.
Gagan Bhagat, the BJP MLA from R.S.Pura assembly constituency, while snubbing his party for seeking the abrogation of Article 35A, praised the people of the Kashmir Valley for what he called "fighting a battle in support of the article".
She was referring to the reports of two of BJP MLAs from Jammu region coming out in support of Article 35-A, which is facing a legal challenge in the Supreme Court.
The two-day strike was given by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), comprising Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik.
A batch of petitions is before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the provision which confers special status to permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir.
Life in Kashmir remained severely affected on Monday for the second consecutive day due to a complete shutdown called by protestors against the legal challenge in the Supreme Court on the validity of Article 35A
Incorporated into the Constitution in 1954, Article 35A is a provision that gives special rights to Jammu and Kashmir’s permanent residents.
In the next hearing, the three-judge bench which has been hearing case will decide whether issue of Article 35 A has to be referred to five-judge Constitution bench, the apex court said.
Officials said that peaceful rallies were carried out at several places in other districts and towns of the Valley.
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