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No Stay On CAA, Supreme Court Grants Centre 4 Weeks To Reply On Pleas

Mumbai: In a major development, the Supreme Court gave the central government four weeks to file an answer on the petitions regarding the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and indicated the setting up of a constitution bench to hear the arguments.

The top court did not put any restriction on the newly enacted law, as demanded by some petitions.

A division bench of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justices S Abdul Nazer and Sanjeev Khanna passed the order, hearing over 140 petitions to challenge or support the newly amended citizenship law.

During the hearing, Chief Justice Bobde said, “We can ask the government to issue some temporary permits.”

Attorney General KK Venugopal asked the apex court to file more petitions, as more than 140 petitions have been filed and others who wish to be heard can file intervention applications. “The Center has prepared a preliminary affidavit which will be filed today,” he adds.

Senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for the Assam Lawyers Association, sought a pre-party order from the court regarding the implementation of the Act in Assam. “The situation is different in Assam, 40,000 people have entered Assam since the last hearing,” he told the court.

A number of petitions were filed in and against the CAA and the top courts and high courts across the country. Protests against the Act have taken place in various parts of the country. It has also been challenged in the Supreme Court by the Government of Kerala.

Kerala and West Bengal have also said that they will not implement the amended law. However, Congress leaders Kapil Sibal and Salman Khurshid have said that state governments cannot legally refuse to implement the law passed by Parliament.

(With ANI Inputs) 

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