Citizenship Amendment Bill set to become Act after clearing Rajya Sabha test
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill set to become Act after clearing Rajya Sabha test

India Today  

With a majority of 125 is to 99 the Rajya Sabha passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill on Wednesday after a marathon debate that extended for more than six hours. On the Opposition's questions about why Muslims have been excluded from the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Amit Shah said, "I am surprised that the people aren't appreciating the fact that six religions are included in the bill but are raising questions on Muslims have been left out." Speaking in defence of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Amit Shah said this Bill was necessitated because the country was partitioned in 1947 on religious grounds. Amit Shah also told the House that the Citizenship Amendment Bill will not affect the rights enjoyed by Sikkim under Article 371. Hitting out at the Congress party for opposing the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Amit Shah said, "The statement given by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on the Citizenship Amendment Bill and the statements given by the Congress party are same.

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Supreme Court Upheld Assam Accords-Based Section 6A of Citizenship Act: A Historic Ruling on Immigration and Citizenship
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Upheld Assam Accords-Based Section 6A of Citizenship Act: A Historic Ruling on Immigration and Citizenship

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (1955 Act). Section 6A allows migrants who entered India before March 25, 1971, to obtain Indian citizenship on the basis of their entry date rather than their place of origin. The court found that the provision does not violate the equality clause under Article …

Supreme Court Rules on Section 6A of Citizenship Act: A Historical Perspective
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Rules on Section 6A of Citizenship Act: A Historical Perspective

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India has upheld Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1985, which granted deemed citizenship to those who entered Assam from areas in erstwhile East Pakistan before 1966. However, the provision was struck down because it created a system of registration for immigrants from 1971 to 1976, who had to be declared foreigners by a tribunal before …

Supreme Court Rules on Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955: A Historic Decision on Migration and Citizenship in Assam
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Rules on Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955: A Historic Decision on Migration and Citizenship in Assam

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has ruled in a 4-1 decision on Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, which allows people who came to Assam on or after January 1, 1966, and before March 25, 1971, and residing in the state to register as Indian citizens after a hiatus of 10 years. The majority view has found the provision to be …

Granting citizenship under CAA begins in Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand: MHA
7 months, 1 week ago

Granting citizenship under CAA begins in Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand: MHA

Hindustan Times  

The Union ministry of home affairs said the process of granting citizenship under the new Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA has now commenced in West Bengal, Haryana and Uttarakhand with the first set of citizenship certificates handed over to the eligible individuals by the empowered committees in the states on Wednesday. After notifying Citizenship Rules, 2024, on March 11 this …

India’s citizenship laws: Citizenship in the 21st century
7 months, 1 week ago

India’s citizenship laws: Citizenship in the 21st century

The Hindu  

India’s tryst with the citizenship question has continued over decades. Citizenship Amendment Act: selected amendments In the Citizenship Act, 1955, in section 2, in sub-section, in clause, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:— “Provided that any person belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian community from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan, who entered into India on or before …

India’s citizenship laws: The path to the Assam Accords
7 months, 1 week ago

India’s citizenship laws: The path to the Assam Accords

The Hindu  

It took India as many as eight years to formulate and enact its first Citizenship Act, 1955. The root of the citizens versus outsiders’ movement can be traced to this one neglected remark by Rohini Kumar Chaudhuri in the Constituent Assembly debates in 1949: “Already I have been to Cachar and I have seen in that district, from which crossing …

Gujarat: 18 Hindu refugees from Pakistan conferred Indian citizenship at camp in Ahmedabad
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Gujarat: 18 Hindu refugees from Pakistan conferred Indian citizenship at camp in Ahmedabad

India TV News  

CAA implementation: As many as 18 Hindu refugees from Pakistan residing in Ahmedabad were conferred Indian citizenship on Saturday at a camp which was attended by Gujarat minister of state for Home Harsh Sanghavi. With this, a total of 1167 Hindu refugees from Pakistan residing in Ahmedabad district have so far been granted Indian citizenship. Gazette notifications of 2016 and …

Asaduddin Owaisi knocks Supreme Court’s door to ‘stay’ implementation of CAA
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Asaduddin Owaisi knocks Supreme Court’s door to ‘stay’ implementation of CAA

Live Mint  

Lok Sabha MP and AIMIM chief, Asaduddin Owaisi said on Saturday approached the Supreme Court seeking to stay the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 and the Rules, 2024. As reported by ANI, Owaisi said, “No applications seeking grant of citizenship status be entertained or processed by the government under Section 6B of the Citizenship Act,1955 Act, 2019) during …

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi moves Supreme Court over implementation of CAA
9 months, 3 weeks ago

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi moves Supreme Court over implementation of CAA

India TV News  

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday approached the Supreme Court seeking to stay the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 and the Rules, 2024. The Centre on March 11 implemented the Citizenship Act, 2019, notifying the rules four years after the contentious law was passed by Parliament to fast-track citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan …

Fact Check Pakistan Has Not Implemented Citizenship Amendment Act For Indian Muslims
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Fact Check Pakistan Has Not Implemented Citizenship Amendment Act For Indian Muslims

ABP News  

Logically Facts contacted two Pakistani journalists who confirmed that the viral claim on social media is 'totally wrong' and has 'no basis.' Amid discussions around this law, a screenshot purportedly from an X post by Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has gone viral on social media. The text in the screenshot reads: “To counter Indian Govt's undemocratic and communal CAA, …

CAA implementation ahead of Lok Sabha polls ‘dirty vote bank politics’ of BJP: Kejriwal
9 months, 3 weeks ago

CAA implementation ahead of Lok Sabha polls ‘dirty vote bank politics’ of BJP: Kejriwal

The Hindu  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on March 13 said the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act ahead of the Lok Sabha polls was a “dirty vote bank politics” of the BJP and asserted that people want this law to be repealed. The BJP wants to spend the money of our people in settling poor migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh by …

'CAA Will Ensure Only Muslims Excluded From NRC Will Face Action' : Assam Congress Leaders Approach Supreme Court
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'CAA Will Ensure Only Muslims Excluded From NRC Will Face Action' : Assam Congress Leaders Approach Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Leader of Opposition in the Assam Assembly, Mr. Debabrata Saika, and Congress MP from Assam, Mr. Abdul Khaleque, have filed an interim application in the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024 notified on March 11. Yesterday, the All Assam Students Union filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking the …

CAA implemented in India: Myths and realities linked with Citizenship Amendment Act
9 months, 3 weeks ago

CAA implemented in India: Myths and realities linked with Citizenship Amendment Act

India TV News  

The rules for implementation of the contentious Citizenship Act 2019 were notified on March 11, four years after being passed, thus paving the way for granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, according to officials. Stoutly defending CAA-2019 in the face of fresh opposition criticism, Shah accused AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and …

All about Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024 - The Hindu
9 months, 4 weeks ago

All about Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024 - The Hindu

The Hindu  

March 12, 2024 08:11 pm | Updated 08:38 pm IST On March 11th, the Central government notified the Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024 This means that the government has formally enabled the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, that was passed by the Parliament in 2019. The legislation facilitates citizenship to undocumented people belonging to the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi, Christian …

What is the Citizenship Amendment Act in India and why is it controversial?
9 months, 4 weeks ago

What is the Citizenship Amendment Act in India and why is it controversial?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy India has implemented a controversial …

CAA notified: Rules for the new citizenship law draws Opposition parties’ ire
9 months, 4 weeks ago

CAA notified: Rules for the new citizenship law draws Opposition parties’ ire

Hindustan Times  

After the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government won the 2019 Lok Sabha election with a thumping majority—with the Bharatiya Janata Party alone winning over 300 seats— the parliamentary business was never as usual. I am waiting to see the law.” Even as Banerjee claimed that everybody who “lives in India and Bengal is an Indian citizen”, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh …

Citizenship Amendment Act will not be implemented in most tribal areas in Northeastern states, here's why
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Citizenship Amendment Act will not be implemented in most tribal areas in Northeastern states, here's why

India TV News  

Citizenship Amendment Act: The Citizenship Act, 2019, which came into effect on Monday, will not be implemented in most tribal areas across Northeastern states, including those designated with special status under the 6th Schedule of the Constitution. "The tribal areas, where autonomous councils were created under the 6th Schedule of the Constitution, were also exempted from the purview of the …

'CAA implemented on eve of Ramzan': After the govt notifies CAA, journalists; politicians and Islamist activate new anti-Modi toolkit to incite violence
9 months, 4 weeks ago

'CAA implemented on eve of Ramzan': After the govt notifies CAA, journalists; politicians and Islamist activate new anti-Modi toolkit to incite violence

Op India  

On Monday, March 11, the Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially notified the Citizenship Amendment Act, which will grant Indian nationality to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian migrants, who had come to India before 2015 after facing persecution on the ground of religion in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. As soon as the Union Home Ministry officially …

India notifies citizenship law for minority refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan
9 months, 4 weeks ago

India notifies citizenship law for minority refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan

Firstpost  

The CAA was passed in December 2019 and subsequently got the president’s assent but there were protests in several parts of the country against it The Prime Minister Modi-led BJP government on Monday notified the Citizenship Amendment Act rules. The Ministry of Home Affairs in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, said, “Ministry of Home Affairs will be notifying today, …

Central government implements Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Central government implements Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The ministry of home affairs has notified the Citizenship Amendment Act's rules today, paving the way for the law's implementation across the country. I want to thank PM Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah for providing assistance to our brothers who have come from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.They will now get citizenship". "Union Home Minister Amit Shah had …

Finally, Centre walks the talk, notifies rules for implementation of CAA ahead of Lok Sabha polls
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Finally, Centre walks the talk, notifies rules for implementation of CAA ahead of Lok Sabha polls

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday notified the rules for implementation of the controversial Citizenship Act 2019. This will now pave the way for granting Indian citizenship to undocumented migrants from minority communities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, according to the notification. Union Home Minister Amit Shah in a post on ‘X’ said, “These rules will now enable minorities persecuted …

What is Citizen Amendment Act?
9 months, 4 weeks ago

What is Citizen Amendment Act?

India Today  

The much-debated Citizenship Act, ratified in 2019, has recently seen its regulations officially unveiled, just as the country gears up for upcoming elections. Specifically, an immigrant must have resided in India for at least one year in the preceding 12 months and a cumulative total of at least five years within the past 14 years. This exemption extends to specific …

CAA will be implemented before Lok Sabha election, says Amit Shah
10 months, 4 weeks ago

CAA will be implemented before Lok Sabha election, says Amit Shah

The Hindu  

The rules for implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act will be issued before the coming Lok Sabha poll, and the process to grant Indian nationality to the beneficiaries will start soon after, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Saturday. Major poll plank The promise of implementing the controversial CAA was a major poll plank of the BJP in the …

Asaduddin Owaisi reacts to CAA rules report, says 'grave injustice, especially to Muslims...'
1 year ago

Asaduddin Owaisi reacts to CAA rules report, says 'grave injustice, especially to Muslims...'

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Reacting to a report saying the Citizenship Act's rules would be notified before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, AIMIM chief Asadduddin Owaisi said on Wednesday that it will be a grave injustice to the marginalised communities, especially Muslims. CPI general secretary Sitaram Yechury claimed the Centre was attempting to foment communal polarization ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. …

Assam Accord : Supreme Court Reserves Judgement On Pleas Challenging Constitutional Validity Of Section 6A Of Citizenship Act
1 year ago

Assam Accord : Supreme Court Reserves Judgement On Pleas Challenging Constitutional Validity Of Section 6A Of Citizenship Act

Live Law  

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court reserved its judgement in the batch of petitions challenging Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955 today. Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955 allows foreign migrants of Indian origin, who came to Assam after the 1st January, 1966 but before the 25th March, 1971, to seek Indian citizenship. During the proceedings, Solicitor …

Citizenship Act hearing | SC asks Govt. for data on illegal migration in North-East States after 1971, steps taken to combat it
1 year, 1 month ago

Citizenship Act hearing | SC asks Govt. for data on illegal migration in North-East States after 1971, steps taken to combat it

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union Government to furnish data on the number of immigrants who were conferred Indian citizenship through Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. During the proceedings, the Chief Justice also asked why ‘Assam was singled out’ in the application of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act when West Bengal shares a larger border …

Supreme Court asks Centre to provide data on grant of Indian citizenship to Bangladeshi immigrants in Assam
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court asks Centre to provide data on grant of Indian citizenship to Bangladeshi immigrants in Assam

India TV News  

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to provide data on the number of Bangladeshi immigrants granted Indian citizenship in Assam between January 1, 1966 and March 25, 1971. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, which is hearing as many as 17 petitions to examine the constitutional validity of section 6A of the Citizenship Act relating …

Assam Accord | Government Has To Be Given Leeway To Make Compromises For Nation's Well Being, Says Supreme Court [Day 2 Hearing]
1 year, 1 month ago

Assam Accord | Government Has To Be Given Leeway To Make Compromises For Nation's Well Being, Says Supreme Court [Day 2 Hearing]

Live Law  

While hearing petitions challenging Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955, the Supreme Court on Wednesday orally remarked that certain political compromises made by the government of the day for the overall welfare of the nation cannot be always judged on the basis of hindsight wisdom, as the Government has to be given the leeway to deal the expedient problems …

Assam illegal immigrants | Supreme Court postpones hearing on challenge to Section 6A of Citizenship Act to December 5
1 year, 2 months ago

Assam illegal immigrants | Supreme Court postpones hearing on challenge to Section 6A of Citizenship Act to December 5

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned a scheduled Constitution Bench hearing on a series of petitions challenging the constitutionality of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, to December 5. Section 6A was a special provision inserted into the 1955 Act in furtherance of a Memorandum of Settlement called the ‘Assam Accord’ signed on August 15, 1985 by the then …

Centre seeks six more months to frame Citizenship Amendment Act rules
2 years ago

Centre seeks six more months to frame Citizenship Amendment Act rules

The Hindu  

The Union Home Ministry has sought another extension of six months to frame the rules of the Citizenship Act, 2019, without which it cannot be implemented. A senior government official told The Hindu that the Ministry had sought an extension of six months from the subordinate committee on parliamentary legislation in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Earlier, …

How non-Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan can become Indian citizens? MHA explains
2 years, 2 months ago

How non-Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan can become Indian citizens? MHA explains

Firstpost  

The nine states where Indian citizenship by registration or naturalisation is given under the Citizenship Act, 1955 to non-Muslim minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Maharashtra New Delhi: The district magistrates of 31 districts and the home secretaries of nine states have been given powers to grant Indian …

Explained: How India grants citizenship to minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained: How India grants citizenship to minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan

Firstpost  

Matters related to citizenship are handled by the Centre but it can delegate powers to state officials. Now the Ministry of Home Affairs has empowered two districts in Gujarat to give citizenship to minority communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan under the Citizenship Act, 1955 The Centre will continue to grant citizenship to six minority communities – Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, …

Centre to grant citizenship to minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan under Citizenship Act, 1955
2 years, 2 months ago

Centre to grant citizenship to minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan under Citizenship Act, 1955

India TV News  

Highlights Citizenship will be granted under the Citizenship Act, 1955 and not the controversial CAA, 2019 The rules under the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act have not been framed by the govt yet All minorities will have to submit their applications online for citizenship The Central government has decided to grant Indian citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians …

Home Ministry seeks another three-month extension to frame Citizenship Amendment Act rules
2 years, 2 months ago

Home Ministry seeks another three-month extension to frame Citizenship Amendment Act rules

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs has sought an extension of another three months to frame the rules of the Citizenship Act, 2019, a legislation that fast tracks the citizenship of undocumented persons of six non-Muslim communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The MHA has sought more time from the subordinate committee on parliamentary legislation in both the Lok Sabha and …

MP: Six Pakistani Migrants Granted Indian Citizenship
3 years, 6 months ago

MP: Six Pakistani Migrants Granted Indian Citizenship

News 18  

Six Pakistani migrants, living in Madhya Pradesh for decades, were granted Indian citizenship on Wednesday under the Citizenship Amendment Act, officials said. “Indian citizenship has been provided to these Hindu migrants who reached here due to religious persecution in neighbouring countries. Among the six who were granted Indian citizenship, Nandlal and Amit Kumar are residents of Bhopal while Arjundas Manchandani, …

Assam Assembly Election 2021 | CAA will be implemented after polls, says BJP chief
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Assembly Election 2021 | CAA will be implemented after polls, says BJP chief

The Hindu  

Assam BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass has said his party will implement the Citizenship Act after the three-phase Assembly elections in the State ending on April 6. The CAA offers fast-track citizenship to non-Muslims who allegedly fled religious persecution in three neighbouring countries and took refuge in India by December 31, 2014. “The BJP leaders may be keeping quiet on …

Citizenship Act Will be Implemented As Soon As Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Ends: Amit Shah in Bengal
3 years, 10 months ago

Citizenship Act Will be Implemented As Soon As Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Ends: Amit Shah in Bengal

News 18  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is in West Bengal campaigning for the BJP as the state readies for assembly election, on Thursday reiterated that the Citizenship Act will be implemented as soon as the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive ends. But I would like to tell her that I will come again and again till I free Bengal from her …

Citizenship (Amendment) Act: The law sans rules?
4 years, 5 months ago

Citizenship (Amendment) Act: The law sans rules?

India Today  

In a Republic based on the rule of law, some laws do not have rules. An RTI application has revealed that the controversial Citizenship Act is now law but the parliamentary panel tasked with scrutinising the rules of the Act hasn’t got them from the Union Home Ministry. According to norms, the home ministry should frame rules and send it …

‘Who are you showing your strength?’: Raj Thackeray asks anti-CAA protestors
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Who are you showing your strength?’: Raj Thackeray asks anti-CAA protestors

Hindustan Times  

Raj Thackeray has lent support to the Citizenship Amendment Act in his public rally in Mumbai on Sunday and questioned those opposing the legislation that aims to expedite Indian citizenship to the minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. MNS chief Raj Thackeray during MNS rally at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, India, on Sunday, February 9, 2020. WATCH | Mumbai: Amid …

Rajasthan Speaker CP Joshi counters CM Ashok Gehlot on CAA, says Citizenship 'is subject of Centre and not state'
4 years, 11 months ago

Rajasthan Speaker CP Joshi counters CM Ashok Gehlot on CAA, says Citizenship 'is subject of Centre and not state'

Firstpost  

The CAA grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christians fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and if they entered India on or before 31 December, 2014. Udaipur : Contradicting Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, Assembly Speaker, CP Joshi has said that the Government of India has passed the Citizenship Amendment Act and the state government …

Supreme Court refuses to stay Citizenship Amendment Act, gives four weeks to Narendra Modi government to respond
4 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court refuses to stay Citizenship Amendment Act, gives four weeks to Narendra Modi government to respond

Firstpost  

Supreme Court has refused to grant any stay on the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, National Register for Citizens or the National Population Register saying that the Centre is free to implement these laws. The apex court, however, gave the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre four weeks to respond to at least 140 writ petitions which challenge the constitutional …

AP EXPLAINS: How India ended up in turmoil over citizenship
4 years, 11 months ago

AP EXPLAINS: How India ended up in turmoil over citizenship

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India has been embroiled in protests since December, when Parliament passed a bill amending the country’s citizenship law. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Hindu nationalist-led government pushed through a bill to give citizenship rights to some migrants who while fleeing religious persecution entered India illegally from Muslim-majority Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan on or before Dec. 31, 2014. LOCALS …

Citizenship Amendment Act comes into effect from Jan. 10
4 years, 11 months ago

Citizenship Amendment Act comes into effect from Jan. 10

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification on Friday that the provisions of the Citizenship Act, 2019 will come into force from January 10 onwards. The CAA passed by Parliament on December 11 provides citizenship to six undocumented non-Muslim communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who entered India on or before December 31, 2014. “In exercise of the powers …

Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, Comes Into Force [Read Notification]
4 years, 11 months ago

Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, Comes Into Force [Read Notification]

Live Law  

The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 has come into force.In the notification published in the Official Gazette today, the Central Government 'appoints' the 10th day of January, 2020, as the date on which the provisions of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, shall come into force. The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 has come into force. In the notification published in the Official …

Citizenship Amendment Act : Undoing wrong done through Assam Accord, says Assam BJP
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act : Undoing wrong done through Assam Accord, says Assam BJP

The Hindu  

Leaders of the BJP’s Assam unit said here on Saturday that the Citizenship Act was designed to undo the damage done by the leaders of the Assam agitation who settled for 1971 as the cut-off year for accepting foreigners instead of 1951. That stir ended with the signing of the Assam Accord, which prescribed deportation of “illegal immigrants” who entered …

Amit Shah dares Rahul Gandhi to debate on Citizenship Act, says can provide Italian translation of law to him
5 years ago

Amit Shah dares Rahul Gandhi to debate on Citizenship Act, says can provide Italian translation of law to him

India TV News  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will not move back even an inch on the issue of Citizenship Amendment Act. He said, even if all these parties come together, BJP will not move back even an inch on this issue of Citizenship Amendment Act. You can spread as much misinformation as you want.” …

Parliament Roundup : Key Legislations Of 2019
5 years ago

Parliament Roundup : Key Legislations Of 2019

Live Law  

Here is a recap of key legislative exercises of Parliament in 2019. Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 The contentious Citizenship Bill 2019, which seeks to amend the Citizenship Act 1955, was passed during the Winter Session of Parliament on December 10. Transgender Persons Bill, 2019 The Bill was cleared by the Lok Sabha on August 5, during its monsoon session, and …

Citizenship Amendment Act gives no parameters to measure religious persecution; political will needed to mitigate fear among Assamese
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act gives no parameters to measure religious persecution; political will needed to mitigate fear among Assamese

Firstpost  

When the Act says that the persecuted minorities will be given citizenship, it makes one wonder how the level of persecution would be measured. The Assam Accord, signed on 15 August 1985, included the promise by the Central government that it would ensure “constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards…to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of …

Citizenship Amendment Act will help us: Pakistani Hindu refugee thanks PM Modi
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act will help us: Pakistani Hindu refugee thanks PM Modi

India TV News  

Amid various protests taking place in the country on Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC, Pakistani Hindu refugees in Jaisalmer held a march in support of CAA on Monday. Speaking in the favour of CAA, a refugee said, "we have been staying here since last 5-7 years and we are yet to get citizenship. A woman refugee thanked Prime Minister Narendra …

Citizenship Amendment Act protests Updates: Modi's assurance on NRC hollow, says Pinarayi Vijayan; Gujarat BJP to launch campaign to clear 'misconceptions'
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act protests Updates: Modi's assurance on NRC hollow, says Pinarayi Vijayan; Gujarat BJP to launch campaign to clear 'misconceptions'

Firstpost  

9:04 AM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter CAA concerns all Indians, not just Muslims, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi The fight against the new citizenship law is “not just the issue of Muslims” but concerns all Indians and there should be a sustained struggle against the legislation, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has claimed. You also have to stand in queue and bring documents,” …

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