The Supreme Court (SC) will today hear a batch of over 200 petitions seeking a stay on Citizenship Amendment Rules till the apex court decides on pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act, which was passed by the Parliament in 2019. This came days after the Centre notified the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules under the CAA.
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A bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud has taken up the submissions of senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who will be representing the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), HT reported. Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will also be hearing the matter. The submission states the matter needed to be heard as once citizenship is granted to the migrant Hindus, it cannot be taken back.
The CAA facilitates citizenship to undocumented Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi, Christian and Jain communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. As many as six types of documents and the date of entry in India are required to apply for citizenship. This arrangement has been made to provide Indian citizenship to people reeling under persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
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“The Modi government today notified the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024. These rules will now enable minorities persecuted on religious grounds in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to acquire citizenship in our nation. With this notification PM Shri@narendramodiJi has delivered on another commitment and realised the promise of the makers of our constitution to the Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians living in those countries,” Union Home Minister Amit Shah posted on X.
The rules of the CAA were laid down in the backdrop of the high-stakes Lok Sabha polls in the nation.