About This Project

1. Mission

• Clarity: Present complex constitutional mechanisms in layered, navigable form.
• Contextualisation: Trace how incremental presidential orders and interpretive adaptations shaped integration trajectories.
• Neutral Documentation: Distinguish descriptive chronology from contested normative claims.

2. Scope Boundaries

Coverage focuses on constitutional text, institutional processes, residency/right transformations, jurisprudential reasoning, and comparative asymmetric federalism. It excludes real-time political commentary, advocacy positioning, or classified/security intelligence narratives.

3. Method Overview

See Sources & Methodology for detailed source taxonomy, verification sequence, consolidation pipeline, and update cadence flow.

4. Editorial Principles

• Traceability: Core assertions map to identifiable public documents (constitutional provisions, gazette notifications, judgments).
• Version Awareness: Structural changes post–2019 are annotated rather than retrofitted into pre‑2019 narrative segments.
• Terminological Precision: Distinguish “interpretive adaptation” from “amendment” and “residency criteria” from “citizenship.”
• Non-Advocacy: Analytical framing emphasises institutional design and process mechanics rather than prescriptive outcomes.

5. Update Cadence

• Baseline Review: Quarterly scan for new judicial pronouncements or administrative circulars relevant to former special provisions.
• Trigger-Based: Interim updates if Supreme Court clarifications, statutory amendments, or domicile/land policy adjustments emerge.
• Change Logging: Material adjustments reflected in visible version notes or timestamped changelog feed (planned).

6. Attribution & Credits

Primary material relies on official constitutional texts, Supreme Court judgments, presidential orders, statutory instruments, parliamentary debates, and publicly accessible government releases. Secondary interpretive layering synthesises scholarly commentary and comparative federalism analysis.

7. Contact

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8. Limitations & Disclaimer

Content is educational. It does not constitute legal advice. Users should consult official publications and professional counsel for authoritative determinations.