Srinagar, Feb. 18 -- The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Monday urged the people to observe shutdown on the day(s) of hearing of Article 35-A case in the Supreme Court.

In a statement, JRL said they were in constant touch with the Bar Association as the crucial hearing of Article 35-A is again scheduled for February 20 and 21.

"The list of cases comes to fore in the evening a day before the case is listed for hearing, so whenever the case challenging the hereditary state subject law -Article 35-A - that has a direct bearing on the Kashmir dispute comes up for hearing before the Indian Supreme Court, people will observe a complete protest strike," they said in...