New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019. A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde said that it will hear the pleas in January.
The bench which also comprised Justice BR Gavai and Justice Surya Kant issued a notice to all petitions challenging the Constitutional Validity of Citizenship Amendment Act 2019.
As per the petitions, the Act, which liberalizes and fast-tracks grant of citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, promotes religion-based discrimination.
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Meanwhile, CJI Bobde told Attorney General (AG) KK Venugopal that there is ‘unusual request’ from lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay who says he visited Jamia & people don’t know about the Act, can you publicise the Citizenship Amendment Act? AG says “government authorities can publish the Act”.
The apex court has issued a notice to the centre on pleas challenging Citizenship Amendment Act and will hear the pleas filed by IUML, Cong leader Jairam Ramesh, others against CAA on January 22nd, 2020.