SC Refuses Stay on CAA, Sets Jan 22 as next Hearing Date

SC Refuses Stay on CAA, Sets Jan 22 as next Hearing Date

TheSupreme Court ON Wednesday issued a notification to the Central Government thatthe next hearing of the pleas filed against the Citizenship law will be onJanuary 22, 2020.

The Supreme Court asked the Centre to respondto the 59 pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the controversialnew citizenship law. In a brief hearing this morning a three-judge top courtbench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde also declined to stayimplementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA, and said: "wewill have to see whether the Act has to be stayed".

59petitions have been filed against the newly amended citizenship bill of whichthe top court has started the hearing from today.

Asthe apex court will have winter vacation starting today, the court set the dateof next hearing of the pleas on January 22 after it reopens.

A three-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice of India,Justice SA Bobde has heard the petitions. The other judges in the bench areJustices BR Gavai and Surya Kant.

The petitioners have contended that religion cannot be the basisfor grant of citizenship. The new law, they have also said, is against thebasic structure of the Constitution as admitting illegal migrants ascitizens  on the basis of religion violates the fundamental rights to lifeand equality.

The law, they have also contended, affects the fundamentalprinciple of secularism of the nation. The government, they said, has a duty toprovide equal treatment to the members of all faiths.

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