The day after she reached out to arch rival Farooq Abdullah to protect Jammu and Kashmir's special status, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is expected to reach Delhi on Thursday to seek Prime Minister Narendra Modi's support in defending a constitutional provision that bars outsiders from owning property in the state. But a fresh petition filed in the Supreme Court has complained that Article 35A discriminated against women who are stripped of right to own property in the state if they marry someone from outside the state. Men do not lose the right to own property irrespective of who they marry.
