Citizenship Amendment Act Notions

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Update on the Hearing of Citizenship Amendment Act

Currently, there has been a piece of very popular news about the Citizenship Amendment Act, which highlights the decision of the Supreme Court to examine the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act. At the last hearing, the Supreme Court has refused to stay its operation on reviewing the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act. As per the new amendment of the law, it seeks to grant the citizenship to the migrants who are non-Muslims, that is belonging to the Sikh, Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, Parsi and Jain communities who have come to the country from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan on or before 31st December 2014. The Supreme Court asked for its response to the center by the 2nd week of January 2020 on a batch of pleas that are challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act.

To specify the bench of appeal comprises Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and Justices B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant had fixed 59 petitions to the court, which also includes those filed by the Indian Union Muslim League and congress leader Jay Ram Ramesh. The decided bench also agreed to the fact related submission of lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, which signifies that the common people should always be made aware about the objects, aim, and the contents of the Citizenship Amendment Act. Apart from this, the bench had also asked attorney general K.K. Venugopal who is representing the center to consider the fact by using the audio-visual medium for making the citizens of the nation aware of the legislation. Therefore K.K. Venugopal agreed to the suggestion of the bench and commented that the government would do the needful.

Statement of the Petitioners Opposing the CAA 

During the hearing in the court, the team of lawyers who appeared for the petitioners asked for a stay on the operation of the new amendments done in the Citizenship Amendment Act law. But the bench of plea refused to grant a stay on the operation of the act, thus nullifying all the facts laid down by the petitioner hailing from Assam. Even the attorney general opposed the submission of the lawyers of the petitioners and commented that a law could not stay after it is being notified for as many as four judgments. The next date of hearing regarding the arguments on granting stay has been advanced on 22nd January 2020. As per the senior advocate of one of the parties, it has been commented that seeking stay is not needed on the operation of the Citizenship Amendment Act as it has not come into force yet. Several things are remaining to get activated like the framing of the rules under the newly amended Citizenship Amendment Act law is yet to be done. A per the Indian Union Muslim League, who is one of the petitioners, has challenged the Citizenship Amendment Act stating that it has violated the fundamental right to equality and has intended to allow for citizenship to a section of illegal immigrants by making an exclusion based on religion.