CAA: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the petitions filed in the Supreme Court on the Citizenship Amendment Act and has said that this matter will be heard in the court on March 19. At the same time, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) told the Supreme Court that this matter should be heard immediately. Giving the reasoning behind this request, he said that once citizenship is obtained, it cannot be taken back. It may be noted that the Central Government had issued a notification related to this last Monday.
More than 190 cases on CAA
The bench of CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra has considered the arguments of advocate Kapil Sibal presented on behalf of IUML. Kapil Sibal had said in his arguments that once citizenship is given to displaced Hindus, it cannot be taken back and hence there is a need for immediate hearing on these issues. CJI said, ‘We will hear this on Tuesday. There are more than 190 cases. All of them will be heard. We will hear the entire batch of interim petitions.
CAA , Know who will get citizenship
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said there are 237 petitions and out of those pending petitions, four interim petitions have been filed against the implementation of the rules. The Indian government enacted the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, paving the way for granting citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014. These petitions have been filed after the Center has notified the rules four years after the controversial Act was passed by Parliament.