Supreme Court issues notice to plea challenging CAA

Issuing notice in response to a bunch of petitions challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, a Supreme Court bench tagged the petitions along with other around 150 petitions which have been filed pertaining to issues arising out of CAA.

New Delhi:The Supreme Court bench led by the Chief Justice of India, SA Bobde, issued notice in response to a bunch of petitions challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) and tagged the petitions along with other around 150 petitions which have been filed pertaining to issues arising out of CAA.

A petitioner from Assam sought interim order over his plea and wanted to consider his plea on Assam Accords separate from other petitions but the court denied and the CJI Bobde said that no interim order could be passed regarding the Assam Accord.

Since the lockdown started, today the CAA cases were listed for the first time and without many arguments from the parties involved, it was concluded with the issue of notice and tagging with other similar petitions.

Last year on 11th December,2019, the Parliament had passed CAA which allows the non muslims to acquire citizenship in 6 years of residence in India against the earlier eligibility of 12 years.

According to the government it intends to provide shelter to the persecuted minorities, i.e, Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Christians, Parsi, Buddhists, from the neighboring countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In response to the Act, nation wide protests erupted and more than 150 petitions were filed in the top court challenging which still remains to be heard and are pending.