By fiat, through these rules, the Government of India claiming authority under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019, imposed rules implementing direct, unmediated central Indian Government rule in Jammu and Kashmir.  Among other things, these rules gave the Government of India-appointed “Lieutenant Governor” the power to select the Chief Minister and other Ministers of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir

Topics: changing the laws in force in occupied territory, international humanitarian law violation, no consent of governed, violation of political rights, disempowerment, colonial domination