Citizenship Law Petitions

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear cases against BJP leaders accused of hate speeches, filed by victims of last week's Delhi violence in which 46 have been killed. Listing the petitions for Wednesday as lawyers stressed on urgency, the Chief Justice, however, said the Supreme Court "wishes for peace but has limitations to its power" to control ...

Four-month-old Mohammad Jahan was a regular at the Shaheen Bagh protest in Delhi against the citizenship law CAA. His parents Nazia and Arshad took him every single day to the protest, and everybody came to love the smiling baby. On January 30, they saw him for the last time. The bitter Delhi cold had got to him.

The Supreme Court Monday sought the centre's response to a plea challenging the constitutional validity of amended citizenship law and updation of the National Population Register (NPR), saying the data collection may lead to "unsanctioned state surveillance" and "is a gross invasion of privacy".

After the Supreme Court, while hearing 140 petitions on the citizenship law, combined petitions from Assam and Tripura, groups protesting the law claimed a moral victory

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to put on hold the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), which is at the core of nationwide protests, and gave the Centre four weeks to respond to petitions on the law, making it clear that it would not grant any stay without hearing the government. The court also said a five-judge constitution bench will give an...

Amid widespread protests against the new citizenship law, the Supreme Court is set to hear over 140 petitions on the Citizenship Amendment Act.

A whopping 144petitions 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 A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice SA Bobde is hearing the petitions, most of which demand that the law be withdrawn.

Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, on a petition to declare the citizenship law "constitutional", said today the "country is going through critical times" and such petitions "don't help". Refusing an urgent hearing, the Supreme Court said it would hear the petition only after violence stopped.

The Supreme Court has asked the centre to respond to 59 petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the controversial new citizenship law. The court also declined to stay implementation of the law and posted the matter for January 22, 2020

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the centre asking it to respond to the more than 60 petitions challenging the validity of the controversial new citizenship law.

CAA Citizenship Amendment Act: Around 60 petitions challenging the Centre's new Citizenship law - which has created a storm since being passed last week -- will be taken up by the Supreme Court today.

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan's party Makkal Needhi Maiam on Monday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA that cleared the parliament last week.

The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is unconstitutional and the court will decide on its validity, Congress leader Kapil Sibal said Thursday, hours after the first petition challenging the proposed law was filed in the Supreme Court. Kapil Sibal is representing the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in its petition before the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear cases against BJP leaders accused of hate speeches, filed by victims of last week's Delhi violence in which 46 have been killed. Listing the petitions for Wednesday as lawyers stressed on urgency, the Chief Justice, however, said the Supreme Court "wishes for peace but has limitations to its power" to control ...

Four-month-old Mohammad Jahan was a regular at the Shaheen Bagh protest in Delhi against the citizenship law CAA. His parents Nazia and Arshad took him every single day to the protest, and everybody came to love the smiling baby. On January 30, they saw him for the last time. The bitter Delhi cold had got to him.

The Supreme Court Monday sought the centre's response to a plea challenging the constitutional validity of amended citizenship law and updation of the National Population Register (NPR), saying the data collection may lead to "unsanctioned state surveillance" and "is a gross invasion of privacy".

After the Supreme Court, while hearing 140 petitions on the citizenship law, combined petitions from Assam and Tripura, groups protesting the law claimed a moral victory

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to put on hold the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), which is at the core of nationwide protests, and gave the Centre four weeks to respond to petitions on the law, making it clear that it would not grant any stay without hearing the government. The court also said a five-judge constitution bench will give an...

Amid widespread protests against the new citizenship law, the Supreme Court is set to hear over 140 petitions on the Citizenship Amendment Act.

A whopping 144petitions 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.

Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, on a petition to declare the citizenship law "constitutional", said today the "country is going through critical times" and such petitions "don't help". Refusing an urgent hearing, the Supreme Court said it would hear the petition only after violence stopped.

The Supreme Court has asked the centre to respond to 59 petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the controversial new citizenship law. The court also declined to stay implementation of the law and posted the matter for January 22, 2020

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the centre asking it to respond to the more than 60 petitions challenging the validity of the controversial new citizenship law.

CAA Citizenship Amendment Act: Around 60 petitions challenging the Centre's new Citizenship law - which has created a storm since being passed last week -- will be taken up by the Supreme Court today.

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan's party Makkal Needhi Maiam on Monday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA that cleared the parliament last week.

The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is unconstitutional and the court will decide on its validity, Congress leader Kapil Sibal said Thursday, hours after the first petition challenging the proposed law was filed in the Supreme Court. Kapil Sibal is representing the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in its petition before the Supreme Court.