Plea To Stay Citizenship Amendment Act : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing

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19 March 2024 10:03 AM IST

  • Plea To Stay Citizenship Amendment Act : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing

    The Supreme Court will hear today applications to stay the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 and the Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024.A bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will hear the matter. 237 writ petitions challenging the CAA, filed in 2019, have been listed before the bench. They were last listed before the Court on October 31, 2022.On March 11,...

    The Supreme Court will hear today applications to stay the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 and the Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024.

    A bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will hear the matter. 237 writ petitions challenging the CAA, filed in 2019, have been listed before the bench.  They were last listed before the Court on October 31, 2022.

    On March 11, the Union Government notified the Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024 to implement the CAA and notified the formation of committees at the State/UT levels to process the applications. Following that, applications seeking to stay the Act and the Rules were filed.  Political party Indian Union Muslim League (IUML, the lead petitioner in the case), Democratic Youth Front of India (DYFI, youth wing of the CPI(M)), All Assam Students Union, Assam opposition leaders Debrabata Saika and Abdul Khaleque, State of Kerala, AIMIM head Asaduddin Owaisi, Socialist Democratic Party of India etc., are some of the applicants.

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    • 19 March 2024 2:26 PM IST

      SG : Whether they are granted or not granted, none of the petitioners are prejudiced.

      Jaising : That is not the issue. The issue is of the constitutionality of the law.

    • 19 March 2024 2:25 PM IST

      CJI : Solicitor, are there any steps being taken (to grant citizenship)?

      SG : There is a 3-tier system. First it goes to one committee, thereafter goes to another higher committee, after that goes to Central Govt. Time limit I cannot give, depends on facts.

    • 19 March 2024 2:24 PM IST

      Sr Adv Siddharth Luthra : Union chose not to file counter for four weeks.

      Jaising : Let them have as much time, but don't grant citizenship in meantime.

    • 19 March 2024 2:24 PM IST

      SG : We will have to file a detailed affidavit on merits to 237 petitions. 20 IAs already filed an many are in the pipeline. Realistically, we need 4 weeks.

    • 19 March 2024 2:23 PM IST

      CJI to SG : We will give you two weeks time to file reply and take up on April 2.

    • 19 March 2024 2:23 PM IST

      Kaleeswaram Raj refers to 2021 order staying implementation of farm laws

    • 19 March 2024 2:22 PM IST

      Nizam Pasha : Their counter affidavit states it is a preliminary affidavit to oppose stay. What they are asking for time is already filed.

    • 19 March 2024 2:22 PM IST

      Sibal : The rules were notified now, there was no question of stay earlier. Why have they waited for four years?

    • 19 March 2024 2:22 PM IST

      The bench is told about the order dated 22.01.2020.

      Judges referring to the order.

    • 19 March 2024 2:21 PM IST

      Sibal : Was the stay rejected is the question? There is no rejection of stay. There were no rules so no question of stay was there.

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