Jammu and Kashmir
Tourist Places in Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu- Winter capital of Jammu & Kashmir. Temple, dogro art gallery of miniature paintings, forts and palaces. Nearby vaishno Devi is a important Hindu shrine. Airport: Jammu.
Srinagar- Summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir. An old city of unique atmosphere, with magnificent chinar trees. This city has the delightful feature if slim long boats called shikaras plying the lakes, earning the sobriquet, Venice of the East,. For the tourist, luxurious hotels on house boats parked on the lake shores make it a uniqe experience. Nishat and Shalimar Mughal gardens. An idyllic conference center. Airport: Srinagar.
Pahalgam, Gulmarg, Sonamarg- popular hill resorts.
Achhabal, Kokernag, Verinag – Springs.
Ladakh – area has an extraordinarily isolated and barren, rocky landscape, in contrast with the verdant Kashmir valley.
Leh- Main town of Ladakh airport : Leh
Kargil –an ancient trading town on the caravan route to central Asia. The Buddhist religion and culture very strong here. Most famous monasteries are Hemis, Shey, Thikse.
Vaishno Devi – shrine of an ancient goddess discovered seven centuries ago and one of the holiest for Hindus. Very modern pilgrimage facilities available.
Special position of Jammu & Kashmir:
- The Jurisdiction of the parliament in relation to Jammu & Kashmir is confined to the Union List, and the Concurrent List.
- Residuary power belongs to the Legislature of Jammu &Kashmir.
- Proclamation of Emergency under Art. On the ground of internal disturbance has no effect in the state of Jammu & Kashmir without the concurrence of the Government of the state.
- No decision affecting the disposition of the State can be made by the Government of India, without the consent of the Government of the state.
- The Union has no power to suspend the Constitution of the state on the ground of failure to comply with the direction given by the Union under Art.365.
- Arts. 356-357 relating to suspension of Constitutional machinery have been extended to Jammu & Kashmir by the Amendment order of 1964. But “failure” would mean failure of the constitutional machinery of Jammu & Kashmir.
- The Union has no power to make a proclamation of Financial Emergency with respect to the state of Jammu & Kashmir underARt.360.
- Directive Principles of state Policy do not apply to the state of Jammu & Kashmir.
- Jammu & Kashmir has its own Constitution made by a separate Constituent Assembly and promulgated in 1957.
- The Constitution of Jammu & Kashmir (accepting the provisions relating to the relationship of the state with Union of India), can be amended by an Act of the Legislative Assembly of the state.
- No alteration of boundaries of Jammu & Kashmir can be made Parliament without the consent of the Legislature of the State.
- The Jurisdictions of the Comptroller and Auditor-General, Election Commission, and the Special Leave jurisdiction of the Supreme Court have been extended to Jammu & Kashmir.