4 State Laws Made Applicable To UTs

The Government of India has ordered that four more state laws will be applicable to the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh forthwith. The President of India, under the Jammu and Kashmir Re-organisation (removal of difficulties) order 2019, has made four more laws applicable to both the UTs, which came into existence on October 31. Of them, three laws were enacted during the last year’s Governor rule when powers of the state legislature were vested with the Governor. With this order, the number of state laws applicable to both the UTs has reached 177 as 173 such laws were already protected by the Parliament when it gave its nod for re-organization of the state. The four laws protected in fresh action by the Centre also includes the legal framework for setting up of National Law University in Jammu & Kashmir. Cleared by the Legislative Assembly in last year’s budget session, the proposal faced roadblocks from Raj Bhavan when NN Vohra was Governor of the State.