Legal Review of Kashmir Conflict: An Approach To Resolution Through Rawls’s Theory of Justice

Abstract

After Independence, Kashmir has been the greatest source of conflict between India and Pakistan. Since the partition, it was apprehended that the conflict of Kashmir may linger on for several years before a decisive solution is reached. This problem has lead Pakistan and India into three major wars and several small-scale conflicts (it may lead to further conflicts in the future if not resolved). This article seeks to propose that Kashmir was definitely a bone of contention between the two newly independent states that could not be overseen; however, there were other various factors of domestic and international nature that triggered the conflict. This article, while discussing the background, it analyses the legal claims of both parties and political issues regarding the conflict. In the last section, a brief discussion on the possible future solutions will be put forward. The basic aim of the article is to review the matter of Kashmir conflict objectively and in sheer isolation from any sort of bias. The arguments and reviews put forward will be impartial in order to illuminate the matter on the one hand and eradicate misconceptions on the other.