Implementing CAA could reduce role of minorities, encourage majoritarian forces, says Amartya Sen

The Nobel laureate also said that he would regard the law as a ‘bad move’.

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· Jan 15, 2023 · 09:09 am

CAG flags irregularities in Assam’s NRC exercise

The objective of preparing a valid and error-free National Register of Citizens has not been met despite entailing huge expenditure, the audit body said.

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· Dec 25, 2022 · 04:44 pm

Citizenship law: Decide on matters for adjudication, SC tells lawyers for contesting parties

The court was hearing a group of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act.

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· Dec 13, 2022 · 02:38 pm

CAA is discriminatory as it does not extend to Tamil refugees, DMK tells Supreme Court

The party claimed that the Centre’s ‘step-motherly behaviour’ towards the community has left them living in constant fear of deportation.

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· Nov 30, 2022 · 04:30 pm

Jamia violence: Delhi HC gives Centre a week to reply on transferring probe to independent agency

On October 19, the Supreme Court had asked the High Court to hear the matter about the alleged police brutality at Jamia Milia University in 2019.

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· Nov 29, 2022 · 04:23 pm

CAA is India’s internal matter, says Bangladesh Information Minister Hasan Mahmud

‘According to our Constitution, everybody has equal rights,’ he said.

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· Nov 02, 2022 · 12:14 pm

CAA does not affect the rights of Indian citizens, Centre tells Supreme Court

The top court will hear petitions against the Citizenship Amendment Act later on Monday.

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· Oct 31, 2022 · 10:29 am

Supreme Court to hear petitions challenging Citizenship Amendment Act on Monday

At the last hearing on September 12, the judges had issued directions to segregate the batch of petitions challenging the law.

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· Oct 30, 2022 · 08:35 pm

They were officially declared ‘indigenous’ to Assam. Then they were asked to prove their citizenship

Over the last year, many Desi Muslims in Lower Assam have got legal notices in decades-old cases, asking them to appear before foreigners tribunals.

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· Oct 25, 2022 · 06:30 am

Jamia violence: Supreme Court asks Delhi High Court to expedite hearing of petitions

The petitioners have sought registration of first information report against the Delhi Police and an independent inquiry into the case.

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· Oct 19, 2022 · 07:21 pm

Supreme Court stays deportation of Assam woman excluded from NRC

The judges noted that all her family members have been declared Indian citizens.

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· Sep 24, 2022 · 01:24 pm

Assam: 195 persons are lodged in six detention centres, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

The detention centres are located in Goalpara, Kokrajhar, Tezpur, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Silchar.

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· Sep 13, 2022 · 08:36 pm