Kashmir: Can An Outsider Really Buy A Home In Valley? indiatoday.in

Ever since Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, social media has been abuzz with speculation about buying land and owning a home in the Kashmir Valley.

Rules framed under Article 35A of the Constitution prevented outsiders from buying property in Jammu and Kashmir. Now that the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 is gone, the legal barrier from property ownership by outsiders stands demolished.