CAA:The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Union government on 20 applications seeking a stay on the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and its accompanying Rules. These applications were fil in response to the notification of the Act on March 11, 2024. The Court has asked for a response from the Centre within three weeks and scheduled a hearing on April 9, 2024.
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Hearing a batch of 200 petitions requesting a stay on the CAA 2019, petitioners emphasized the need to halt the process of granting citizenship to persecuted communities from Islamic states like Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh until the Supreme Court decides on the stay application.
SC’s Response to Plea Regarding Citizenship Granted Under CAA
As a last resort, Indira Jaising argued that at least the court should stay all citizenship granted in the meantime would be subject to court’s decision. But the SC politely stepped around the plea saying infrastructure for grant of citizenship not yet in place. The petitions were hear by a bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.
The plea was filed by Indian Union Muslim League, that sought protection for Muslims under the Act. IUML urged the court to allow Muslims to apply for citizenship and requested a report on their eligibility. A key challenger of CAA since 2019, argues that it institutes a biased and discriminatory citizenship-granting process solely based on religious identity, which they deem arbitrary. write sub heading use word CAA
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