The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and ordered the Centre to respond to pleas against the Act within four weeks.
Here's the timeline of events since the Union Cabinet cleared the Citizenship Amendment Bill:
December 4: Union cabinet clears Citizenship Bill
December 9: Lok Sabha passes Citizenship Amendment Bill
December 11: Citizenship Bill cleared by Rajya Sabha
December 11: Protests erupt in Assam; curfew imposed in Guwahati and Dibrugarh
December 12: Two die in Guwahati as police open fire on protestors
December 12: Protests spread to other states, especially to those in the