The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Centre asking it to respond to 60 pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act. In a hearing today by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, the court declined to stay the implementation of the CAA and said that \u201cwe will see whether the Act has to be stayed.\u201d The next hearing has been fixed for January 22.<\/p>\n
In an interview yesterday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the government will go ahead and implement the CAA despite the protests taking place across the country.<\/p>\n
Large-scale protests have been taking place against implementation of the CAA all over the country, led by Opposition governments, college and university students and ordinary citizens.<\/p>\n
A number of opposition parties and members of civil society moved the Supreme Court asking it to move against the law. Among those who approached the apex court are Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), an ally of the BJP-led government in Assam, where violent protests took place last week that led to the death of five persons. The petitions challenging the Act argue that the CAA violates the basic principles of the Indian Constitution that guarantees equality for all people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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