Article 370 in J&K not temporary provision, say SC: What does that mean?

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that Article 370 of the Constitution was not a "temporary provision". It was responding to a plea challenging the validity of Article 370, which grants a special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The petition was filed by Kumari Vijayalakshmi Jha, seeking a declaration that Article 370 was temporary in nature.

The petitioner had claimed before the high court that Article 370 was a temporary provision that had lapsed with the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly in 1957.

A Bench of judges Adarsh K Goel and R F Nariman said,