CAA: Supreme Court refuses stay on CAA & NPR process

A whopping 144 petitions against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act have been taken up for hearing by the Supreme Court. A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice SA Bobde is hearing the petitions, most of which demand that the law be withdrawn.

The petitions contend that the new law is illegal and stands against the basic structure of the Constitution. They also say the law is against the right to equality as it will grant citizenship on the basis of religion. Some of the petitions have also sought a freeze on the legislation which came into force on January 10.