The Supreme Court of India upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, with CJI DY Chandrachud stating, "The principle is live and let live," while directing the Ministry of Home Affairs to provide data on illegal migration post-1971.
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, addressing concerns over Bangladeshi immigration in Assam while emphasising the need to balance immigration control and the rights of indigenous residents.
The Ministry of Home Affairs announced that West Bengal has commenced granting citizenship certificates under the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024. This marks the beginning of the process, with the first set of certificates issued by the state's Empowered Committee.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla distributed citizenship certificates under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to the first 14 individuals in New Delhi. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) confirmed this noteworthy event.
Kapil Sibal, during the Supreme Court hearing, underscored the intricacies of tracing population movements in history and delved into Assam's historical evolution.
The bench had directed the apex court registry to provide scanned soft copies of the complete set of pleadings filed on the issue. As many as 17 petitions, including the one filed by Assam Public Works in 2009, are pending on the issue in the apex court.
According to a notification by the Union Home Ministry, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians residing in the districts of Anand and Mehsana in Gujarat will be allowed registration as a citizen of India.
35 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed in Northeast Delhi along with Special Cell, Crime Branch and Economic Offences Wing (EOW) officials. Local police from different districts of Delhi have also been called in.
UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday, kicked off a major controversy when he slammed the anti-CAA protesters and made a disparaging remark on the deaths that took place during the protests.
India will turn into a 'Hindu Rashtra' if CAA is implemented, this is what BJP and RSS wants, says AIMIM Chief Owaisi
Earlier on Friday, the Supreme Court had said that it would take up on Monday the two public interest litigations (PIL) seeking directions to the Central government for laying down guidelines relating to restrictions for holding protests leading to obstruction to public places.
Half of Bangladesh's population will leave that country if Indian citizenship was promised to them, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Sunday.
Shaheen Bagh, Khureji Khas and Hauz Rani are some of the sites in the city where protesters are opposing the amended citizenship law. The protesters said they will help the authorities in conducting peaceful polls in the national capital, police said.
According to police reports, the accused Shravan Sharma, a resident of Unnao district, has completed a diploma course in civil engineering from a private institute in Sitapur. SHO Thakurganj Pramod Kumar Mishra said Shravan had gone to a friend's home in Thakurganj from where he was arrested.
We have not been provoked, we know why we are sitting here, says women protesters at Shaheen Bagh
4 PFI members held for inciting violence in Muzaffarnagar during anti-CAA protest
The police did not allow Aishi Ghosh to speak due to lack of permission. People involved in the protest repeatedly kept advocating to let Aishi Ghosh speak but the police stopped the loudspeaker.
Child specialist Kafeel Khan who was accused of making an inflammatory speech at AMU was remanded to judicial custody and later transferred to Mathura jail, officials said on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that his government has no reason to feel defensive about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and asked NDA leaders to back the measure strongly in Parliament.
Addressing a rally in Kerala's Kalpetta, Rahul Gandhi said, "Nathuram Godse shot Mahatma Gandhi because he did not believe in himself, he loved no one, he cared for nobody, he believed in nobody and that is the same with our Prime Minister, he only loves himself, only believes in himself.
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