{"id":88619,"date":"2026-02-18T18:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=88619"},"modified":"2026-02-18T18:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:38:25","slug":"difference-between-article-35a-and-370","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/difference-between-article-35a-and-370\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference between Article 35A and 370, Constitutional Aspects, Features"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article 35A and Article 370 were special constitutional provisions governing Jammu and Kashmir. The Difference between Article 35A and 370 states that Article 370 granted autonomous status and limited Parliament\u2019s authority while Article 35A empowered the state legislature to define permanent residents and confer exclusive privileges. Both of these articles were revoked in August 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Difference between Article 35A and 370<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Major Difference between Article 35A<\/a><\/strong> and 370 has been tabulated below:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Difference between Article 35A and 370<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Aspect<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Article 370<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Article 35A<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Constitutional Position<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Placed in Part XXI as a temporary provision granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Inserted through the 1954 Presidential Order under powers derived from Article 370<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Core Purpose<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Provided an autonomous framework allowing separate Constitution, flag, and penal code for the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Enabled legislature to identify permanent residents and define their exclusive privileges.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Legislative Powers<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Restricted Parliament\u2019s authority to defence, foreign affairs, and communications under Instrument of Accession.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Allowed state laws on residency privileges, immune from challenge on fundamental rights grounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Amendment Process<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Changes required Presidential Order with state concurrence and Constituent Assembly recommendation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Not introduced through Article 368 amendment procedure; added via executive order.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Federal Structure<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Reflected asymmetric federalism granting higher autonomy compared to other states.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Operationalised autonomy by protecting exclusive socio-economic benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Emergency Powers<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

External emergency could be declared; internal disturbance required state concurrence.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

No direct role in emergency provisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Judicial Reach<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Extended Supreme Court<\/a><\/strong> jurisdiction through 1954 Order.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

State privilege laws protected from annulment for violating fundamental rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Citizenship<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Facilitated extension of Indian citizenship to permanent residents in 1954.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Differentiated permanent residents from others for state benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Repeal<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Abrogated by Constitution<\/a><\/strong> (Application to J&K) Order, 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Ceased alongside Article 370\u2019s revocation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Structural Role<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Served as constitutional bridge applying Union provisions to the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Derived existence entirely from Article 370 framework.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Difference between Article 35A and 370 explained with autonomy, residency rights and repeal in 2019, highlighting their role in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s special status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":88601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[5541,1934],"class_list":{"0":"post-88619","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-studies","8":"tag-difference-between-article-35a-and-370","9":"tag-indian-constitution","10":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88625,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88619\/revisions\/88625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}