The status of the region was upgraded to that of a Revenue and Administrative Division of Jammu and Kashmir in February 2019[3] and Ladakh became a union territory in its own right a few months later on 31 October 2019.

[4] Ladakh is administered as a union territory without a legislative assembly by virtue of Article 240 (2) of the Constitution of India and under the terms of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.

Union territory of Ladakh will be administered by the President acting through a Lieutenant Governor to be appointed by him under Article 239.

The President may make regulations for the peace, progress and good government of the Union territory of Ladakh under article 240.

[6] Law enforcement is the responsibility of the Ladakh Police which is under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India.