Finally, Centre walks the talk, notifies rules for implementation of CAA ahead of Lok Sabha polls
10 months 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 on religious grounds in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to acquire citizenship in our nation.” “With this notification PM @narendramodi Ji has delivered on another commitment and realised the promise of the makers of our constitution to the Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians living in those countries,” Shah noted. The Congress and other opposition parties, however, slammed the government’s move, alleging that it was designed to polarise the coming Lok Sabha elections, especially in West Bengal and Assam. With the rules being notified under the CAA, the government will now start granting Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from the neighbouring Islamic countries - Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan - who have come to India on or before December 31, 2014.

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Gauhati HC Denies Migrant's Plea For Extension Of Time To Register Under Citizenship Act, Cites SC Ruling Upholding Validity Of S.6A
1 day, 7 hours ago

Gauhati HC Denies Migrant's Plea For Extension Of Time To Register Under Citizenship Act, Cites SC Ruling Upholding Validity Of S.6A

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday dismissed a writ petition filed by a woman praying for a direction to extend the time limit for registering with FRRO, on the ground that the Court is bound by the decision of the Supreme Court of India in the case of Re: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, would not have power …

Supreme Court Cites CAA While Granting Relief To Person Who Migrated From East Pakistan In 1969
1 month ago

Supreme Court Cites CAA While Granting Relief To Person Who Migrated From East Pakistan In 1969

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently cited the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 while allowing the citizenship claim of an individual who migrated from East Pakistan to India in 1969.The bench comprising Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice R. Mahadevan referred to the proviso added to Section 2 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 by the 2019 Amendment to state that. The Supreme Court …

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 …

Amit Shah slams Opposition over CAA: ‘Refugees denied citizenship due to…’
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Amit Shah slams Opposition over CAA: ‘Refugees denied citizenship due to…’

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday accused the Congress of appeasement politics over Citizenship Amendment Act, alleging that people seeking refuge in India were not given justice from 1947 to 2014. Because of the appeasement politics of Congress and its allies, people seeking refuge did not get justice from 1947 to 2014,” Shah was quoted by ANI as saying …

CAA: A legislation largely misunderstood?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

CAA: A legislation largely misunderstood?

New Indian Express  

The Citizenship Act of 1955, which was designed for the purpose of acquisition and determination of Indian citizenship, traces its origins to the constitutional provisions of our country. Now with the CAA 2019, migrants belonging to the above-mentioned category have only a waiting period of up to five years, and the categories of persons not mentioned in the amendment law …

Don’t refer people covered by CAA to foreigners’ tribunals: Assam govt to cops
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Don’t refer people covered by CAA to foreigners’ tribunals: Assam govt to cops

Hindustan Times  

GUWAHATI: The Assam government has told the state police to stop initiating proceedings against persecuted minorities belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who entered the country before December 31, 2014, and are entitled to Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act operationalised on March 11 this year. The border police has …

Only eight applied for citizenship under CAA in Assam: CM Himanta
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Only eight applied for citizenship under CAA in Assam: CM Himanta

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: Four months elapsed since the Centre notified the rules for the implementation of contentious Citizenship Act but only eight persons applied for citizenship in Assam under this amended law. People from six non-Muslim communities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, who entered India till December 31, 2014, can apply for citizenship under CAA. “People who came to India before 2015 …

Three applicants granted Indian citizenship under CAA in Madhya Pradesh
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Three applicants granted Indian citizenship under CAA in Madhya Pradesh

Op India  

Madhya Pradesh government on Thursday granted Indian citizenship certificates to the first three applicants under Citizenship Act 2019 in the state. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav physically handed over the Citizenship certificates to two Pakistani applicants Sameer Melwani and Sanjana Melwani and one Bangladeshi applicant Rakhi Das at Mantralaya in the state capital Bhopal. Sanjana Melwani, formerly a Pakistani national, currently …

Madhya Pradesh: First three people from Pakistan, Bangladesh get Indian citizenship certificates under CAA
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Madhya Pradesh: First three people from Pakistan, Bangladesh get Indian citizenship certificates under CAA

India TV News  

Citizenship Amendment Act: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday handed over Indian citizenship certificates to three applicants of the state under the Citizenship Amendment Act. The CAA, enacted in December 2019, aims to provide Indian nationality to persecuted Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi, and Christian migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan who arrived in India on or before …

Govt Grants Citizenship Certificates Under CAA To People In Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand
7 months, 1 week ago

Govt Grants Citizenship Certificates Under CAA To People In Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand

ABP News  

The Union government on Wednesday started granting citizenship under the Citizenship Act in West Bengal, Haryana and Uttarakhand. The applicants in West Bengal, Haryana and Uttarakhand were granted citizenship on Wednesday by the respective State Empowered Committee, the Union Home Ministry said in a statement. The first set of citizenship certificates after the notification of the Citizenship Rules, 2024, granted …

Citizenship granted under CAA to people in West Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand: MHA
7 months, 1 week ago

Citizenship granted under CAA to people in West Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand: MHA

The Hindu  

Citizenship certificates under the Citizenship Act, 2019 were granted to some people in West Bengal, Uttarakhand, and Haryana, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs said on May 29, 2024. However, a source said that at least eight Hindu migrants from Bangladesh were granted citizenship in West Bengal. “The process of granting citizenship certificates under the Citizenship Rules, 2024 has now …

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 …

Centre begins granting citizenship under CAA in West Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand
7 months, 1 week ago

Centre begins granting citizenship under CAA in West Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand

Live Mint  

Centre has begun granting citizenship under the CAA in three states, the Union Home Ministry said on Wednesday. According to a ministry's statement, the CAA applicants in West Bengal, Haryana, and Uttarakhand were granted citizenship by the respective State Empowered Committee. On May 15, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla handed the first set of citizenship certificates to the applicants …

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 …

Centre begins granting citizenship certificates under CAA in West Bengal
7 months, 1 week ago

Centre begins granting citizenship certificates under CAA in West Bengal

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday said that the Centre has begun the process of granting Indian citizenship certificates under the Citizenship Act - CAA in West Bengal. The MHA in an official statement said, “The first set of applications by the eligible people from the state was today granted citizenship by the Empowered Committee designated …

Giving citizenship violates poll code, says IUML; to approach SC
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Giving citizenship violates poll code, says IUML; to approach SC

The Hindu  

The Indian Union Muslim League is planning to approach the Supreme Court and the Election Commission of India against the Centre’s distribution of citizenship certificates under the Citizenship Act. At least 14 people were handed their certificates by Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla at an event in the national capital on Wednesday. IUML leaders, meanwhile, pointed out that the …

Pakistani refugees hail citizenship rights
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Pakistani refugees hail citizenship rights

The Hindu  

The granting of citizenship to over 300 people by the Centre under the Citizenship Act, 2019, has ignited the hope of a better future among Pakistani Hindu refugees living in north Delhi’s Majnu ka Tila. Yashoda, 29, who came to Delhi in 2013 from Pakistan and got citizenship, said she would now be able to send her children to a …

Centre issues first set of citizenship certificates to 14 persons under CAA
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre issues first set of citizenship certificates to 14 persons under CAA

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday issued the first set of citizenship certificates to 14 individuals under the Citizenship Amendment Act or the CAA, almost four and a half years after the controversial law was brought in, the Union home ministry said. The first set of citizenship certificates were handed over to the applicants by Union home secretary Ajay Kumar …

CAA citizenship certificates: More than 300 applicants become Indian citizens under the CAA
7 months, 3 weeks ago

CAA citizenship certificates: More than 300 applicants become Indian citizens under the CAA

The Hindu  

The Union Government on Wednesday granted citizenship certificates to more than 300 people who applied under the Citizenship Act, 2019, a senior government official said. At least 14 people were handed their certificates by Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla in Delhi, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement. The citizenship portal requires applicants to declare the …

MHA Issues First Set of Citizenship Certificates Under CAA, 14 People Granted Indian Nationality
7 months, 3 weeks ago

MHA Issues First Set of Citizenship Certificates Under CAA, 14 People Granted Indian Nationality

News 18  

The first set of citizenship certificates under the Citizenship Act was issued on Wednesday to 14 people, starting the process of granting Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla handed over the certificates to the 14 people after their applications were processed online through a designated portal, an official spokesperson …

Amit Shah To News18: CAA Can't Be Abolished, Will Start Granting Citizenship This Month
8 months, 1 week ago

Amit Shah To News18: CAA Can't Be Abolished, Will Start Granting Citizenship This Month

News 18  

Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah, in an exclusive interview with Network18 Group Editor-in-Chief Rahul Joshi, said the Citizenship Amendment Act cannot be abolished and the process of granting citizenship will start this month. This is the only reason they are spreading these lies.” He further added: “In this interview, I want to tell the people …

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan flays Congress for its ‘silence’ on BJP’s RSS agenda
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan flays Congress for its ‘silence’ on BJP’s RSS agenda

The Hindu  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing it of remaining “silent on the implementation of RSS agenda by the BJP.” Speaking at a public meeting held as part of Lok Sabha 2024 election campaign at Mattanur in Kannur on April 22, Mr. Vijayan said that while claiming to be a secular party, the …

‘Don't return without voting’: Mamata Banerjee's 'citizenship' warning migrants in Bengal for Eid
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Don't return without voting’: Mamata Banerjee's 'citizenship' warning migrants in Bengal for Eid

Hindustan Times  

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday urged migrant workers present in their home state of West Bengal for Eid celebrations to vote in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections before returning to work. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses during a public meeting for the Lok Sabha polls, in Islampur, West Bengal on Thursday. “I would …

Mamata Banerjee addresses rally in Murshidabad, says 'Won't let UCC, CAA and NRC be implemented in Bengal'
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mamata Banerjee addresses rally in Murshidabad, says 'Won't let UCC, CAA and NRC be implemented in Bengal'

India TV News  

Lok Sabha elections 2024: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday urged migrant voters in the state to cast their votes in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections before departing. 'Second battle for the country's independence' Describing the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as a pivotal moment akin to a "second battle for the country's independence," she cautioned that a BJP …

CAA is against provisions of Assam Accord: Priyanka Gandhi
8 months, 3 weeks ago

CAA is against provisions of Assam Accord: Priyanka Gandhi

Hindustan Times  

Guwahati: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday stated that the provisions of the Citizenship Amendment Act are against the Assam Accord signed nearly four decades ago. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the INDIA bloc’s ‘Loktantra Bachao Rally’ at Ramleela Maidan in New Delhi on March 31. Addressing the crowd during a road show organised in Jorhat in Assam …

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”, …

No Indian Muslim will lose citizenship, says Rajnath at Ghaziabad rally
9 months, 1 week ago

No Indian Muslim will lose citizenship, says Rajnath at Ghaziabad rally

Hindustan Times  

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that no Indian Muslim will lose his or her citizenship due to the implementation of the Citizenship Act or CAA. Defence minister Rajnath Singh addresses the rally at Ghanta Ghar Ramlila Maidan in Ghaziabad on Wednesday. Talking about the party’s decision to not field the sitting MP Gen VK Singh, the BJP leader …

Empower religious outfits to certify CAA applicants under CAA rules: Matua body
9 months, 1 week ago

Empower religious outfits to certify CAA applicants under CAA rules: Matua body

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: The All India Matua Mahasangha has asked the Centre to amend the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act so that recognised religious organisations can certify the authenticity of applicants given the difficulties faced by a large number of refugees from Bangladesh who don’t have official identity documents from that country, Matua community leaders said. A religious sect formed by …

A Move in The Right Direction: CAA Is against Persecutors, Not Muslims - News18
9 months, 1 week ago

A Move in The Right Direction: CAA Is against Persecutors, Not Muslims - News18

News 18  

The Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 was given wings by the Government of India by notifying the Citizenship Rules 2024, on 12 March 2024. A large number of minority people, who had over the period entered India due to disturbances/religious persecutions in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, had been living in this country for the past many years devoid of basic rights. …

CAA, Kejriwal, Action on Congress: US Sermon to India is Hypocrisy at its Best, Moral Imperialism at its Worst
9 months, 2 weeks ago

CAA, Kejriwal, Action on Congress: US Sermon to India is Hypocrisy at its Best, Moral Imperialism at its Worst

News 18  

Washington has lost imperium but that hasn’t made it less of a moral imperialist. Almost immediately after the CAA was notified, the US State Department preachily reminded the Indian government that “respect for religious freedom and equal treatment under the law for all communities are fundamental democratic principles”. This time the US State Department has let it be known to …

Uncovering the origins of CAA and its implications for India
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Uncovering the origins of CAA and its implications for India

Hindustan Times  

On March 11, the Government of India formally notified the rules implementing the 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act. The notification of the CAA rules—on the eve of India’s 2024 general election—has kicked off a fresh debate over the law, its implementing provisions, and the resulting implications for the future of secularism in India The notification of the CAA rules—on the eve …

SC Seeks Centre's Response on Citizenship (Amendment) Rules
9 months, 3 weeks ago

SC Seeks Centre's Response on Citizenship (Amendment) Rules

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to respond within three weeks to applications seeking a stay on implementation of the Citizenship Rules 2024 till the disposal of the pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Act 2019 by the apex court. Chandrachud, also comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, was hearing a batch of …

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 …

Notifying CAA Rules after five years is a give-away that Union is in no hurry to implement the law: Kerala in SC
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Notifying CAA Rules after five years is a give-away that Union is in no hurry to implement the law: Kerala in SC

The Hindu  

The State of Kerala has moved an application in the Supreme Court seeking an injunction against the implementation of the Citizenship Act, 2019 and the Citizenship Rules, 2024. “The fact that the defendant itself has no urgency in the implementation of the 2019 Act is a sufficient cause for staying the 2024 Rules,” the State, which had earlier filed an …

CAA a major campaign issue for LS polls in Malabar
9 months, 3 weeks ago

CAA a major campaign issue for LS polls in Malabar

The Hindu  

Political stance on the Citizenship Act is turning out to be one of the key campaign issues for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in the Malabar region, which has a sizeable presence of voters from the Muslim community. The Union government notified rules for the CAA, designed to grant citizenship rights to migrants belonging to six religions except Islam from …

'Union Itself Aware That There's No Urgency To Enforce CAA' : Kerala Moves Supreme Court For Stay Of Citizenship Amendment Act
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'Union Itself Aware That There's No Urgency To Enforce CAA' : Kerala Moves Supreme Court For Stay Of Citizenship Amendment Act

Live Law  

The State of Kerala has approached the Supreme Court seeking an interim injunction restraining the Union from implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 and its recently notified Rules. The Centre notified the Citizenship Amendment Rules to enforce the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, which is the subject of numerous ongoing litigations. To provide a brief background, the contentious Citizenship Amendment …

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 …

Amid CAA row, Asaduddin Owaisi questions fate of ‘1.5 lakh Muslims left out of NRC in Assam’
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Amid CAA row, Asaduddin Owaisi questions fate of ‘1.5 lakh Muslims left out of NRC in Assam’

Hindustan Times  

Amid a row over the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday questioned the fate of 1.5 lakh Muslims, who were allegedly left out of the National Register of Citizens list in Assam. Addressing a public meeting in Hyderabad on Friday, days after the BJP-led Centre published the rules for implementing CAA …

'Too little, too late': Sadhguru on CAA at India Today Conclave 2024
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'Too little, too late': Sadhguru on CAA at India Today Conclave 2024

India Today  

Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, speaking at India Today Conclave 2024, welcomed the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, but added that it was "coming too late". A vocal proponent of the controversial piece of legislation when it was introduced four years ago, Sadhguru panned the delay in enacting CAA, describing it as "too little compassion coming too late". While …

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 …

Vantage | What is CAA and why it is controversial
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Vantage | What is CAA and why it is controversial

Firstpost  

The Citizenship Amendment Act stands at the intersection of politics, law and societal values in India BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia celebrates with migrants from Pakistan after the central government notified the rules for implementation of the Citizenship Act, 2019, in Jalandhar, on 12 March, 2024. The CAA mandates migrants to provide evidence of their country of origin, religion, date of …

‘CAA true act of democracy’: US singer Mary Millben lauds PM Modi's leadership
9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘CAA true act of democracy’: US singer Mary Millben lauds PM Modi's leadership

Hindustan Times  

US singer Mary Millben on Friday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's “compassionate leadership” over the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act in India, saying that it is a “pathway to peace for Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and Buddhists seeking religious freedom”. Earlier in the day, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said that the US is closely monitoring CAA's implementation …

US has a law similar to CAA, the Lautenberg Amendment: How the arguments against CAA are mostly Islamist propaganda
9 months, 3 weeks ago

US has a law similar to CAA, the Lautenberg Amendment: How the arguments against CAA are mostly Islamist propaganda

Op India  

On Thursday, the USA expressed ‘concerns’ about the notification of the Citizenship Amendment Act in India and said it is closely monitoring the developments. The United States also has a comparable provision known as the Lautenberg Amendment, which grants citizenship to persecuted religious minorities from the former Soviet Union. The Wire wrote – “The Indian equivalent of the Lautenberg amendment …

'Misplaced, misinformed and unwarranted': India dismisses US' 'concerned' remark on CAA
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'Misplaced, misinformed and unwarranted': India dismisses US' 'concerned' remark on CAA

Firstpost  

“…As regards the US State Department’s statement on the implementation of CAA, and there have been comments made by several others, we are of the view that it is misplaced, misinformed and unwarranted. There are no grounds for any concern or treatment of minorities,” said MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal Hours after the US expressed “concern” over the notification of the …

CAA India's internal matter, US' comment misplaced, misinformed, unwarranted: MEA
9 months, 3 weeks ago

CAA India's internal matter, US' comment misplaced, misinformed, unwarranted: MEA

Hindustan Times  

The Citizenship Act 2019 is India's internal matter and the statement of the United States on its implementation is misplaced, misinformed and unwarranted, ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said. "Respect for religious freedom and equal treatment under the law for all communities are fundamental democratic principles," the State Department spokesperson said. India's rebuttal to US concern over CAA: …

CAA Act: SC agrees to hear plea for stay of Citizenship Amendment Act, its rules on March 19
9 months, 3 weeks ago

CAA Act: SC agrees to hear plea for stay of Citizenship Amendment Act, its rules on March 19

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court agreed to hear on March 19 pleas to stay the operation of the controversial Citizenship Act, 2019 and its rules, notified on March 11, which fast-track the grant of Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Union government, said listing the case early, on March 19, was …

Supreme Court to hear pleas seeking stay on CAA rules on March 19
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court to hear pleas seeking stay on CAA rules on March 19

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear pleas seeking a stay of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 on March 19. Critics of the CAA also argued that by excluding Muslims from its purview and linking citizenship to religious identity, the law undermines the secular principles enshrined in the Indian Constitution. In an interview with news agency ANI on Thursday, …

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