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Citizenship Act is law of land, those on government posts bound by it: We
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 18 (ANI): In an apparent attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Wednesday said the Citizenship Amendment Act is the law of the land and those who are on constitutional and government posts are bound by it.
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Citizenship Act is unconstitutional, against agreements signed by govt: Co
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 18 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Wednesday clarified the grounds on which the party has challenged the constitutional validity of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, in the Supreme Court.
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SC refuses to stay implementation of citizenship law, issues notice to Cen
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on wednesday refused to stay the implementation of the Citizenship (Amenendment) Act 2019 and issued notice to the Central government on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Act.
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Activists, academicians move SC against Citizenship Amendment Act
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Activists Harsh Mander, Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey, historian Irfan Habib, economist Prabhat Patnaik and some organisations on Monday approached the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and sought direction to
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CAA against fundamental rights and constitutional values, says KC Venugopa
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal on Saturday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, is a direct attack on the principal and values of fundamental rights.
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SC adjourns hearing on pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 for tom
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned till tomorrow the hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution.
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Question will be whether classification between infiltrators and refugees
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Constitution expert Subhash Kashyap, while reacting to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), has said the question will be whether the classification between infiltrators and refugees is reasonable and if that classification is reasonable, then there will b
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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill against Constitutional values, will disturb p
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Monday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, is against constitutional values and has been brought to hide the government's failure in successfully implementing the NRC in Assam and prevailing economic condition in the countr
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Punjab: Capt Amarinder Singh opposes extra-constitutional executions, says
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday came out against extra-constitutional executions as being against the nation's Constitutional spirit, while also opposing the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which he said would not be allowed to
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Trump committed impeachable offences: Legal experts
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], Dec 05 (ANI): During the much anticipated House Judiciary hearing in a matter pertaining to the impeachment of President Donald Trump, three out of four constitutional scholars told a key committee that the president committed impeachable offences by pressuring Ukraine to
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Elected representatives should have leading voices in deciding Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [USA], Nov 28 (ANI): Elected representatives in Afghanistan should have the leading voices in deciding the future of the country, India has stressed, adding that it believes that any solution towards achieving peace should have a "constitutional legitimacy" and a "political mandate"
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Constitutional head of West Bengal has been compromised: Governor targets
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Nov 26 (ANI): The acrimonious ties between West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was on display at a public event here with the duo making no efforts to refrain from making veiled digs at each other.
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