CJI U U Lalit to hear petitions challenging CAA today in Supreme Court

The CAA when passed by the parliament had triggered massive protests across the country in 2019

The Supreme Court of India will hear over 200 public interest litigations (PILs) including petitions challenging the contitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).

The CAA, when passed by the Parliament in 2029, had triggered massive protests across the country. 

A bench headed by Chief Justice UU lalit will hear the petitons today.

One of the petitioners — the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) — had said earlier the act violates the fundamental Right to Equality and intends to grant citizenship to a section of illegal immigrants by making an exclusion based on religion.

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