All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has approached the Supreme Court searching for a keep on the implementation of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
In his petition, Owaisi sought instructions to the central authorities to not entertain or course of the purposes searching for grant of citizenship standing underneath Section 6B of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (because it stands amended by the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019) throughout the pendency of the proceedings.
“We had filed a petition in 2019 when CAA was passed, challenging its constitutional validity in Articles 21 and 25. At that time, the application for interim stay was not argued because the lawyers for the central government had said that they had no intention of immediately operationalising the act. Now, after four years, the government has notified rules to operationalise the act and therefore we are filing an interim application asking for a stay of implementation of the act and the rules,” he mentioned.
The Union Home Ministry notified the principles for implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on March 11.
Asaduddin Owaisi questioned the destiny of 1.5 lakh Muslims, who have been allegedly overlooked of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) listing in Assam after the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was carried out within the state.
Addressing a public assembly in Hyderabad on Friday, days after the BJP-led Centre printed the principles for implementing CAA throughout the nation, Owaisi mentioned, “Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said the 12 lakh Hindus not listed in the NRC that was conducted in the state will be given Indian citizenship under the CAA. But what about the 1.5 lakh Muslims?”
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First Published: Mar 17 2024 | 9:03 AM IST
