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@masterchief_mirza no need to discuss anything with them regarding article 370 brother. Our energies are better directed at other areas.

@masterchief_mirza is a highly learned and articulate poster. Woh Hindutvadi bhaenson kay aik tolay kay saamnay been baja raha hae.:p:

You need to be more clear and cut the clutter of political correctness.
What India has done is annexation of Kashmir without the approval of anyone, especially Pakistan.
BJP will claim this titanic event for political gains till eternity.

Kashmir was annexed by India, by force, without approval of anyone, and without consent of people of Kashmir, in October, 1947.
 
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Your point about men having a different rule assumes inheritance dynamics are similar from a father as from a mother. Clearly, an assumption is made that when fathers hand assets down in relatively conservative, religious, patriarchal societies, that emphasis will be placed on preservation of inheritance within a local network. Now that's an assumption - fair enough - but it's grounded in realities of experience within patriarchal societies, which apply in many parts of the world, not just Muslim dominant areas. The aim is ostensibly to preserve local networks of assets following inheritance.

If - as you suggest - absolute equality of genders was the motivator for the abrogation, all Delhi had to do was modify the article to suit the UN Charter and Modi's personal concerns for Kashmiri females. Nobody would have minded.

Clearly however, this is a red herring.

Regarding Constituent Assembly, read the second article I posted, which explains the issue very well.

The absence of a CA was actually a problem for Modi because he couldn't move without an in principle agreement from a CA, hence this was one very important element of 370 that he had to rewrite.

Again - no loopholes here, just shameless rewriting.
I agree to your point that the main concern is clearly not equality. Also, you are right when you state that conservative societies have not given the same rights of inheritance to women in many regions, including South Asia.

Infact it was as late as 2005 then women in India received an equal share in inherited property through a Constitutional Amendment.

Once again, you are sidestepping the issue of Pakistan's own record with regards to its own Constitution.

Did he bend the law? Yes. Was it ethical. Probably not. Did he break the law? No.
 
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