Citizenship Amendment Act -CAA-Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

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31 Oct 2022 10:05 AM IST

  • Citizenship Amendment Act -CAA-Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

    Supreme Court to hear TODAY the petitions challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. The matter to be heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. TrivediThe 2019 Act amends the Citizenship Act 1955 to liberalize the norms for granting citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The petitions filed by the...

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    • 31 Oct 2022 11:20 AM IST

      CJI: Either we do the exercise right away or leave it to the succeeding bench. If you're agreeable, one can be taken as a lead matter. So do we take it as the time goes by- by the concerned bench?

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    • 31 Oct 2022 11:17 AM IST

      Sr. Adv. Wilson: We also have to look at Sri Lankan Tamils. There's no reply by SG on this.

    • 31 Oct 2022 11:16 AM IST

      Singhvi: Everyone is interested in getting this off the board. It has to be done in time bound manner.

    • 31 Oct 2022 11:15 AM IST

      Sr. Adv. Singhvi: Today is the housekeeping day, if i may say. If this has to be filed it has to be within time, in a deadline. 200 or 75 matters, it doesn't matter. There is only one matter broadly.

    • 31 Oct 2022 11:13 AM IST

      CJI: Wasn't this kind of request made last time too?

      SG Mehta: There are two categories. One category is the umbrella category. The second category is slightly different which is in Assam and Tripura. So there are two broad categories. It is not possible to classify in less.

    • 31 Oct 2022 11:11 AM IST

      SG Mehta: The central government has filed it's response. 50 matters concern Assam and 3 for Tripura. Regarding Assam and Tripura, I need to file my reply.

      CJI Lalit: This is on behalf of States?

      SG Mehta: Yes, union's reply has been filed.


    • 31 Oct 2022 11:11 AM IST

      Matter taken 


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