Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nHe also said 108 Central Laws would be applicable for the\ntwo UTs while 164 state laws would be repealed and 166 state laws will continue\nto be applicable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Centre had on August 5 nullified Article 370 of the\nConstitution, revoking the special status of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parliament approved the resolution in this regard and also passed\nthe bill on the bifurcation of the state into two UTs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Later on August 9, President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to\nthe Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, bifurcating the two Union\nTerritories, which will come into existence on October 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at a refresher programme, organised by the SJA on\ntopic “Appreciation of evidence with specific reference to Dying\nDeclaration, Accomplice Statement and Confessional Statement” for Session\nJudges of Jammu province here, Gupta discussed the effects of J&K\nReorganization Act, 2019 on State Laws in Jammu and Kashmir and the pending\ncases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the legislative Assembly will be formed in J&K\nas UT but there will be no legislative Assembly in the Union Territory of\nLadakh as it will be directly controlled by the Union government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“There will be a common High Court for the UTs of Jammu\nand Kashmir and Ladakh. Existing law and procedure for practice in the high\ncourt will remain the same,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also discussed the impact and interplay of repealed acts\nand repealing acts. Former High Court Judge, Justice Janak Raj Kotwal, gave his\nscholarly discourse on the requirements of Evidence Act in the matter of\nappreciation of evidence by the courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“There is a need to have clear understanding and\ngreater knowledge about the provisions regarding relevancy and admissibility of\ndying declaration and appreciation of evidence in such matters, as also the\nprovisions relating to the evidence of an accomplice in the crime and the\nconfessional statements of the accused,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Article 370 and bifurcation:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
On 5 August 2019, Centre nullified Article 370 of the Indian\nConstitution which revoked the special status of the state Jammu & Kashmir.\nParliament approved the resolution. It also passed the bill on the bifurcation of\nthe state into two UTs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 9 August 2019, President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to\nthe Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. The Act bifurcates the State\ninto two Union Territories. The two UTs will come into existence on 31 October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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