ADD ANI AS A TRUSTED SOURCE
googleads
ANI Logo
Menu
General News

SC issues notice to Centre on CAA pleas

New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a batch of pleas, including the one filed by Bhim Army leader Chandrashekhar Azad challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and tagged them along with other pending petitions.

ANI Jan 31, 2020 21:34 IST googleads

Supreme Court of India

New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a batch of pleas, including the one filed by Bhim Army leader Chandrashekhar Azad challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and tagged them along with other pending petitions.
A Bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde sought response from the Centre on a joint plea filed by Azad, Swami Agnivesh and Wajahat Habibullah, former Chairperson of the National Minority Commission against CAA, NRC and NPR and other petitions including Mariani Nagarik Samity.
The petition filed by Azad said that the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 is only a step leading to the promulgation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) with the clear intent of placing all the backward sections of citizens including Muslims into detention centers and removing them from the mainstream.
"There is no cogent or sustainable reason to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955, which confers citizenship on the basis of descent, birth, registration, naturalization and not by virtue of religion," the plea said.
It further added that CAA creates a classification based on religion, thereby "violating the basic structure of the Constitution".
Several petitions were filed in the Apex court, for and against the CAA. There have been protests in different parts of the country against the Act.
The law has also faced opposition from state governments with Kerala and West Bengal passing resolution against the Act in their respective Assemblies.
The law grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who fled religious persecution in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and took refuge in India on or before December 31, 2014. (ANI)

Get the App

What to Read Next

General News

Creamy layer cannot be decided on parents income alone: SC

Creamy layer cannot be decided on parents income alone: SC

A bench of Justices R Mahadevan and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha delivered the ruling while dismissing civil appeals filed by the Central government - Ministry of Personnel and Training (MoPT) challenging judgments which had granted relief to certain OBC candidates in the Civil Services Examination.

Read More
General News

SC grants bail to separatist Shabir Shah in terror funding case

SC grants bail to separatist Shabir Shah in terror funding case

In 2019, Shah was arrested in a case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against him and other separatist leaders in 2017. The separatist leader has not been released from judicial custody ever since.

Read More
General News

SC grants bail to two accused in Siddhu Moosewala murder case

SC grants bail to two accused in Siddhu Moosewala murder case

Pawan Bishnoi was allegedly booked in connection with arranging a Bolero car used in the shooting that killed Moosewala, while Jagtar Singh was booked on a separate ground, along with more than 20 others, in the high-profile murder case.

Read More
General News

Minor children's custody with mother not illegal: Delhi HC

Minor children's custody with mother not illegal: Delhi HC

he Delhi High court while disposing a Habeas Corpus petition held that Minor childrens' custody with mother, who is a natural guardian, can not be termed as illegal. A British Citizen of Pakistan origin Yasir Ayaz had moved a petition of Habeas Corpus for production of his children and their repatriation to the United Kingdom as per the order of UK Family court.

Read More
General News

Shinde on bomb threat emails to blow BSE, Vidhan Bhavan

Shinde on bomb threat emails to blow BSE, Vidhan Bhavan

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde stated that the threats were bogus, calling the Vidhan Bhavan safe and added that operations to tackle the issue are underway smoothly.

Read More
General News

ED challenges interim bail granted to Jawad Ahmed Siddique

ED challenges interim bail granted to Jawad Ahmed Siddique

ED has challenged the interim bail granted to Jawad Ahmed Siddique in a money laundering case. He was granted interim bail by the Saket court on the grounds of his wife's medical condition.

Read More
General News

Accused in Farooq Abdullah firing case sent to 5-day custody

Accused in Farooq Abdullah firing case sent to 5-day custody

Counsel for the accused, Arvind Singh, expressed opposition to the police remand. He stated that a weapon had already been recovered in the matter and that the probe was nearing completion, as eyewitnesses had already been recorded.

Read More
General News

AI Summit protest case: Patiala House Court to hear

AI Summit protest case: Patiala House Court to hear

Delhi police have alleged that Manish Sharma was the key conspirator behind the planning of the 'shirtless' protest at the AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam on February 20. A Non-Bailable Warrant has also been issued against him.

Read More
General News

Kerala HC disqualifies SNDP Gen Secy

Kerala HC disqualifies SNDP Gen Secy

The Kerala High Court on Saturday disqualified Vellappally Natesan from the position of General Secretary of the SNDP (Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana) Yogam.

Read More
General News

HC directs police to invoke SC/ST Act in TN custodial death case

HC directs police to invoke SC/ST Act in TN custodial death case

Justice L. Victoria Gowri observed that while the right to peaceful protest is a constitutionally protected right, such demonstrations should not cause undue hardship to the public, particularly by obstructing national highways.

Read More
Home About Us Our Products Advertise Contact Us Terms & Condition Privacy Policy

Copyright © aninews.in | All Rights Reserved.