New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday issued a notification to implement the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023 – the landmark law aimed at “providing rights to those who face injustice and are deprived of their rights”. Have to provide. Their rights in the Union Territory.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla issued a notification declaring December 26, 2023 (Tuesday) as the date on which the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023, will come into force.
The move comes days after Parliament passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the recently concluded winter session.
The Home Ministry decided to exercise the powers conferred by sub-section 2 of Section 1 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Amendment Act.
“In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023 (34 of 2023), the Central Government hereby appoints the 26th day of December, 2023. The date on which the provisions of the said Act will come into force, the notification states.
On December 11, the Rajya Sabha passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, as well as the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Amendment) Bill, 2023, by voice vote, amending key laws in the Union Territory.
The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Amendment) Bill, 2023 aim to “provide rights to those who faced injustice and were deprived of their rights in the Union Territory.” Both the bills were passed by the Lok Sabha in the first winter session.
Speaking in the Rajya Sabha on the two Jammu and Kashmir bills, Union Minister Amit Shah had said that one bill seeks to represent those who have become refugees in their own country and also a seat for those people in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Reserved for those who have become refugees. Displaced from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was passed to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004. The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004 provided reservation to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes in admission to jobs and professional institutions. (ST), and other socially and educationally backward classes.
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Amendment) Bill, 2023 The bill sought to amend the 2019 Act and provide representation in the Legislative Assembly to Kashmiri migrants and displaced persons from PoK.
It sought to nominate two members from the Kashmiri migrant community and one person representing displaced people from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to the Legislative Assembly.
The amendment bill proposes to increase the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly from 83 to 90.
