Citizenship Amendment Act: Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, seeks response by April 9

Tuesday, 19 March 2024
SC issues notice to Union government on 20-odd applications seeking stay of implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act and the Rules, which was notified on Mar 11. SC seeks response from Centre in three weeks and would take up hearing on Apr 9. Petitioners made repeated requests to SC to stay process of grant of citizenship to persecuted communities from Islamic states of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh till the SC decides stay application.

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