Anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Bill protests | Two die of bullet injuries in Guwahati as police open fire on protesters
5 years ago

Anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Bill protests | Two die of bullet injuries in Guwahati as police open fire on protesters

The Hindu  

People defied curfew in Guwahati on Thursday morning to protest against the Citizenship Bill as the situation remained tense throughout Assam, with the Army conducting flag march in the city. Guwahati police chief removed, several officers transferred amid CAB protests in Assam In a major reshuffle, the Assam government on Thursday replaced the Guwahati Police commissioner and a senior officer responsible for law and order in the state, amid violent protests against the Citizenship Bill, officials said. Protesters burnt effigy of senior Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Ambori area while students of the Cotton University and Handique Girls college were One of the protesters said “It is a fight for our existence.” Internet cut off, people in Assam can’t read your ‘reassuring’ message: Congress to PM The Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his assurance to the people of Assam on Twitter after the passage of the Citizenship Bill in Parliament, saying the people in the state cannot read his “reassuring” message as the internet there has been cut-off. Taking a dig at the Prime Minister’s message, the Congress, from its official Twitter handle, said, “Our brothers and sisters in Assam cannot read your ‘reassuring’ message Modiji, in case you’ve forgotten, their internet has been cut off.” New Delhi CAB to ensure Bangladeshi Hindu migrants in Assam get citizenship: CPI The CPI on Thursday said the BJP has pushed the Citizenship Bill to extend its “communal agenda” of ensuring that Hindu migrants from Bangladesh living in Assam are given citizenship while seeking to exclude Muslim migrants from that country.

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Perverse intent: The Hindu Editorial on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act
9 months ago

Perverse intent: The Hindu Editorial on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act

The Hindu  

Offering citizenship to migrants who have fled their countries of origin because of persecution and have stayed a sufficient time in their adopted country, is a humane endeavour by any nation-state and should be generally welcomed. But by limiting this measure only to migrants from an arbitrary group of neighbouring nations and to narrow the definition only to “religious persecution”, …

CAA Challenge: Supreme Court Issues Notice To Union On Pleas To Stay Citizenship Amendment Act & Rules, Posts On April 9
9 months, 3 weeks ago

CAA Challenge: Supreme Court Issues Notice To Union On Pleas To Stay Citizenship Amendment Act & Rules, Posts On April 9

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the union government on a batch of applications seeking to stay the Citizenship Amendment Act and the Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024. Seeking the Union's response, the court posted the matter on April 9.A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra adjourned today's hearing on Solicitor. Arguing …

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 …

India’s new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here’s what to know
9 months, 3 weeks ago

India’s new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here’s what to know

LA Times  

Students in Guwahati, India, protest against implementation of a controversial citizenship law widely criticized for excluding Muslims. India has implemented a citizenship law that excludes migrants who are Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government. Critics argue that the law is further evidence that Modi’s government is trying to reshape the …

Citizenship Amendment Act: Constitutional Perspectives and Controversies
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Citizenship Amendment Act: Constitutional Perspectives and Controversies

News 18  

The Narendra Modi government on March 11 notified the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act. Article 14 states that “the State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India.” It essentially means that any action taken by the state that discriminates between individuals is considered void, …

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 implemented in India: Myths and realities linked with Citizenship Amendment Act
9 months, 4 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 …

India’s new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here’s what to know
9 months, 4 weeks ago

India’s new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here’s what to know

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India has implemented a citizenship law that excludes migrants who are Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government. It also amends the old law, which prevents illegal migrants from becoming Indian citizens, and marks the first time that India — an officially secular state with a religiously diverse …

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 …

‘Dark day’: India on edge over religion-based citizenship law before polls
9 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Dark day’: India on edge over religion-based citizenship law before polls

Al Jazeera  

Protests break out in parts of the country. New Delhi, India — Protests have erupted in parts of India over the Narendra Modi government’s implementation of a controversial citizenship law ahead of national elections, as security forces rushed to areas of the national capital that had previously been epicentres of large demonstrations against the legislation. “The CAA has always been …

Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules explained: Check eligibility, procedure, language clause details
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules explained: Check eligibility, procedure, language clause details

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Central government on Monday notified the rules for the Citizenship Act, 2019, paving the way for the implementation of the law. "The application from a person for grant of citizenship by naturalisation fulfilling the qualifications for naturalisation under the provisions of the Third Schedule, is submitted in Form VIIIA which includes – an affidavit verifying the correctness …

'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 announces steps to implement a citizenship law that excludes Muslims
9 months, 4 weeks ago

India announces steps to implement a citizenship law that excludes Muslims

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Monday announced rules to implement a 2019 citizenship law that excludes Muslims, weeks before the Hindu nationalist leader seeks a third term in office. The law was approved by Indian Parliament in 2019, but Modi’s government had held off with its implementation after deadly protests broke out in capital New Delhi …

Centre notifies rules for Citizenship (Amendment) Act
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Centre notifies rules for Citizenship (Amendment) Act

Hindustan Times  

The Union home ministry on Monday notified the rules for the Citizenship Act over four years after Parliament passed the law to fast-track the citizenship process for non-Muslims, who have entered India from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh before December 31, 2014, and triggered protests. The rules were framed months after Union home minister Amit Shah promised that this would be …

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 …

India implements ‘anti-Muslim’ 2019 citizenship law weeks before election
9 months, 4 weeks ago

India implements ‘anti-Muslim’ 2019 citizenship law weeks before election

Al Jazeera  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government announces rules to implement the controversial law, weeks before he seeks a rare third term in vote due by May. The Indian government has announced rules to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act, weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term for his Hindu nationalist government. The controversial law passed in 2019 by …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Exclusion Of Sri Lankan Tamils From CAA Must Also Be Looked At : DMK Tells Supreme Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Exclusion Of Sri Lankan Tamils From CAA Must Also Be Looked At : DMK Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. Trivedi heard the petitions challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 on Monday. During the hearing, Senior Advocate P Wilson, appearing for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party sought reply from the Centre on the applicability of the 2019 Act on the Hindu Tamils in Sri Lanka. Recently, …

Citizenship Amendment Act -CAA-Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 2 months ago

Citizenship Amendment Act -CAA-Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court to hear TODAY the petitions challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. The matter to be heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. TrivediThe 2019 Act amends the Citizenship Act 1955 to liberalize the norms for granting citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The matter to be heard …

Citizenship Amendment Act -CAA-Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 2 months ago

Citizenship Amendment Act -CAA-Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court to hear TODAY the petitions challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. The matter to be heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. TrivediThe 2019 Act amends the Citizenship Act 1955 to liberalize the norms for granting citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The matter to be heard …

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 …

Citizenship Amendment Act will not help us: Bangladesh Hindu leader
2 years, 7 months ago

Citizenship Amendment Act will not help us: Bangladesh Hindu leader

The Hindu  

A leading member of the Hindu community of Bangladesh has said that the Citizenship Amendment Act of India will not help them deal with the challenges ahead. Interacting with a visiting team of Indian journalists on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, Monindra Kumar Nath, President, Mohanagar Sarbojoneen Puja Committee said that the community’s real aim is to have a minority affairs …

Supreme Court Adjourns IUML Plea Challenging MHA Notification On Citizenship For Non-Muslim Refugees By Two Weeks
3 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Adjourns IUML Plea Challenging MHA Notification On Citizenship For Non-Muslim Refugees By Two Weeks

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned by two weeks the hearing on the application filed by political party Indian Union Muslim League challenging the May 28 notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs allowing non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh to apply for citizenship.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the IUML, requested a vacation. The Supreme Court on …

MHA Notification On Citizenship For Refugees Unrelated To CAA, Centre Tells Supreme Court
3 years, 6 months ago

MHA Notification On Citizenship For Refugees Unrelated To CAA, Centre Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

n Notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on 28th May, 2021 has no relation with the Citizenship Act, 2019, the Centre has submitted to the Supreme Court in response to an Intervention Application filed by the Indian Union Muslim League against the impugned notification. This has been challenged by the Indian Union Muslim League in an interlocutory application …

IUML moves Supreme Court against Centre seeking applications for citizenship of non-Muslim refugees
3 years, 7 months ago

IUML moves Supreme Court against Centre seeking applications for citizenship of non-Muslim refugees

India Today  

The Indian Union Muslim League has moved the Supreme Court challenging the recent Ministry of Home Affairs notification seeking applications for citizenship from non-Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. IUML has moved the Supreme Court against the Centre’s notification making it possible for persons residing in certain districts belonging to minority communities such as Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jains …

CAA: MHA Invites Indian Citizenship Applications from Non-Muslim Refugees from Afghan, Pak, B'desh
3 years, 7 months ago

CAA: MHA Invites Indian Citizenship Applications from Non-Muslim Refugees from Afghan, Pak, B'desh

News 18  

The Centre on Friday invited non-Muslims like Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists belonging to Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and residing in 13 districts in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab to apply for Indian citizenship. The Union home ministry issued a notification in this effect for immediate implementation of the order under the Citizenship Act 1955 and Rules framed under …

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 …

What Indians Abroad Want to Say to Modi-Shah Amidst Delhi Violence
4 years, 10 months ago

What Indians Abroad Want to Say to Modi-Shah Amidst Delhi Violence

The Quint  

The BJP government’s ambitions under Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, to alter the country's social fabric, has not only divided the country but also lifted the veil, showcasing a dangerous communal agenda of transforming a secular India into a ‘Hindu rashtra’. Late to the party, the international community is now starting to recognise the grave and impending …

Anti-CAA riot mongers gather in Patna to join Kanhaiya Kumar's rally
4 years, 10 months ago

Anti-CAA riot mongers gather in Patna to join Kanhaiya Kumar's rally

Op India  

While Delhi continues to burn with Islamists wreaking havoc, targetting the Hindus in the national capital, the left brigade had joined hands at the ‘Samvidhan Bachao, Nagrikta Bachao’ Maha Rally at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on Thursday. It was joined by the usual coterie of self-proclaimed ‘liberals’, namely JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh, Rohit Vemula’s mother Radhika Vemula, actress and …

‘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 …

Chandra Shekhar Azad, Swami Agnivesh & Wajahat Habibullah Move SC Against CAA-NPR-NRC [Read Petition]
4 years, 11 months ago

Chandra Shekhar Azad, Swami Agnivesh & Wajahat Habibullah Move SC Against CAA-NPR-NRC [Read Petition]

Live Law  

Leader of Bhim Army Chandra Shekhar Aazad, social activist Swami Agnivesh and former CIC Wajahat Habibullah along with three others have moved the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. "the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 is a sinister precursor to the National Population Register and the National Register of Citizens which are tools for identification …

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 …

The great Indian citizenship mess
4 years, 11 months ago

The great Indian citizenship mess

The Hindu  

On January 22, the Supreme Court will hear 60-plus petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Citizenship Act. Its Sarbananda Sonowal judgment, which struck down the Assam-specific Illegal Migrants Act, was the turning point of the debate on ‘illegal migrants’. The court also ruled that the IMDT’s objective, to reduce illegal immigration, was not served by enacting such a criterion for …

Bangladesh PM says CAA ’not necessary’, but it is India’s ’internal affair’
4 years, 11 months ago

Bangladesh PM says CAA ’not necessary’, but it is India’s ’internal affair’

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the amendments to India’s citizenship law were unnecessary according to an interview published by the Gulf News paper on Saturday. In an interview to an English language daily in the United Arab Emirates, Hasina, however, deemed the Citizenship Amendment Act and the process of compiling a National Registry of Citizens …

India’s new citizenship law unnecessary, says Sheikh Hasina
4 years, 11 months ago

India’s new citizenship law unnecessary, says Sheikh Hasina

The Hindu  

India’s new citizenship law that aims to give rights to minority communities of Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan was not necessary, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has said. In a newspaper interview, she said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had personally assured her that the National Register of Citizens was an internal matter of India that would not affect her people. …

Hundreds of women protest against citizenship law in Guwahati
4 years, 11 months ago

Hundreds of women protest against citizenship law in Guwahati

India Today  

Continuing its protest against the contentious Citizenship Act, hundreds of women on Sunday staged a protest against the law in Guwahati, Assam. Assamese actress Barsha Rani Bishaya who led the protest, said Assam is not a dumping ground for the illegal foreigners. Barsha Rani Bishaya added that Assam is protesting against the citizenship law because it is a "threat to …

Protests against citizenship law continue unabated in India
4 years, 11 months ago

Protests against citizenship law continue unabated in India

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Hundreds of demonstrators perched themselves on the steps of an iconic mosque in the Indian capital on Friday to protest against a new citizenship law that excludes Muslim immigrants. Demonstrators carried placards and shouted slogans accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government of pursuing policies aimed at forcing people to prove their citizenship and putting Muslims …

Citizenship Act Protests LIVE: On Belur Math Pilgrimage to Mark Vivekananda Jayanti, Modi Says Oppn Misleading Youth on CAA
4 years, 11 months ago

Citizenship Act Protests LIVE: On Belur Math Pilgrimage to Mark Vivekananda Jayanti, Modi Says Oppn Misleading Youth on CAA

News 18  

Citizenship Act Protests LIVE: Speaking on National Youth Day, which is celebrated on Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused opposition parties of trying to mislead youth on the amended citizenship law for political gains and reiterated that the Act is not meant to “snatch anyone’s rights". Black flags and angry chants of “Modi, go back" greeted …

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