The constitutional process by which the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 was made inoperative in August 2019, and the State was reorganised into two Union Territories.
- Article 370 gave Jammu and Kashmir special autonomy, including its own Constitution and a separate flag, as a temporary provision.
- On 5 August 2019 the President issued Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 2019, extending the whole Indian Constitution to the State.
- A statutory resolution and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, split the State into the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (with a legislature) and the Union Territory of Ladakh (without one), effective 31 October 2019.
- Article 35A (special rights for permanent residents, added by a 1954 Presidential Order) ceased to apply.
- In re Article 370 (December 2023) the Supreme Court upheld the abrogation, held Article 370 was always temporary, and directed elections and restoration of statehood.
Article 370, Article 35A, the 2019 reorganisation, and the 2023 verdict are core internal-security and federalism facts.
Article 370 was made inoperative, not formally deleted from the text; Article 35A was a Presidential-Order insertion, not an amendment passed by Parliament.
5 August 2019: Article 370 read down, Article 35A gone, the State split into the J&K and Ladakh Union Territories; upheld by the Supreme Court in December 2023.