Supreme Court directs Centre to respond within three weeks to stay applications on 2024 Citizenship (Amendment) Rules related to 2019 CAA.

The Supreme Court of India has directed the Centre to respond within three weeks to applications seeking a stay on the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024, which relate to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed in 2019. The CAA fast-tracks Indian citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who arrived before December 31, 2014. The court will resume hearing the matter on April 9.

March 19, 2024
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