 bill no , of i"s the jammu and kashmir representation of the people (supplementary) bill, 1968 a billtc supplement the jammu and kashmir representation of the people act, 1957 - be it enacted by parliament in the nineteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the jammu and kashmir represen- short title tation of the people (supplementary) act, 1968 and commence-s (2) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 9th day of mento february, 1968 2 the provisions of sections 123, 124 and 124a of the jammu and kashmir representation of the people act, 1957, providing for appeal to the supreme court from every order made by the jammu and kashmir high court under section 106 or ~ection 107 of that act and for matters connected therewith, 'shall be as valid as if those provisions had been enacted by parliament "validation of certain provisions of the jammu and kashmir representation of the people act, 1957 2 of 1968 3 (1) the jammu and kashmir representation of the people (supplementary) ordinance, 1968, is hereby repealed ,repeal ilt'ld saving (2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or anybction taken under the said ordinance shall be deemed to have been done 10 or taken under this act  statement of objects and reasonsthe representation of the people act, 1951 (43 of 1951) was amend€d in 1966 by act no 47 of 1966, and one of the important changes effected by that amendment was the abolition of the election tribunals and provision for the trial of election petitions by the high court that amendment also made provision for appeal from the order of the high court in an election petition, whether on a question of law or of fact, to the supreme court 2 the jammu and kashmir representation of the people act, 1957 (jammu and kashmir act no iv of 1957) was amended by the jammu and kashmir representation of the people (second amendment) act, 1967 (jammu and kashmir act no x~ of 1967) which was passed by the legislature of the state of jammu and kashmir with a view to incorporating such of the changes in the jammu and kashmir representation of the people act, 1957 as were incorporated in the representation of the people act, 1951, by the representation of the people (amendment) act, 1966, so far as the rest of india is concerned this was done with a view to putting the state of jammu and kashmir on the same footing as the rest of indfa in the matter of the law relating to elections one of the important changes effected by the jammu and kashmir representation of 'the people (second amendment) act, 1967, was the provision made in that amendment act for appeal to the supreme court from every order made by the jammu and kashmir high court in respect of an election petition the said provisions contained in the new sections 123, 124 and 124a of the jammu and kashmir representa'tion of the people act, 1957, sought to confer jurisdiction on the supreme court and this was beyond the legislative competence of the legislature of the state of jammu and kashmir for, under article 138 of the constitution, it is parliament alone that can by law confer additional jurisdiction on the supreme court in respect of any of the matters in the union list 3 therefore, in order to meet the situation thus created by the aforesaid provisions af the jammu and kashmir representation of the people act, 1957, it was considered necessary to extend entry 72 of the union list in the seventh schedule, with suitable modificatior;ts, to the state of jammu :md kashmir by a constitutional order issued by the president under article 370 of the constitution the extension of the entry with suitable changes was by itself not sufficient and it had to be followed by a legislation so as to confer additional jurisdiction on the supreme court to hear appeals from orders of the jammu and kashmir high court in respect of election petitions ae parliament was not in session, and as the situation ' called for immediate action, an ordinance called "the jammu and kashmir representation of the people (supplementary) ordinance, 1968 ( no2 of 1968)" was promulgated by the president 4 the 13ill seeks to replace the ordinance and, when enacted, would confer jurisdiction on the supreme court to hear appeals from the decisions of the jammu and kashmir high court in respect of election petitions new delhi; p govinda menon the 11th february, 1968 a bill to supplement the jammu and kashmir representation of the people act, 1957 (shri p gor1lnda menon, minister of l(jfjj) 