Among the debilitating and discriminating provisions for the Indian citizens who don’t hold PRCs are that they can’t own immovable property in J&K, they can’t get jobs in the J&K govt, they can’t get admission in a college run by the J&K govt, nor avail of any scholarships. Also, if a woman who holds a PRC marries a man who doesn’t hold a PRC then her children and husband can’t exercise any right in the state, are not entitled to PRC, and can’t inherit her immovable property in J&K. This Article 35A, along with the Article 370, has been at the root of non-complete integration of J&K with
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