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Highlights of SC's majority verdict on Section 6A of Citizenship Act
CJI DY Chandrachud, in his judgement, says Articles 6 and 7 of the Constitution prescribe a cut-off date of January 26, 1950 for conferring...
Woman in Sri Lankan Tamil refugee camp gets voter’s ID
After moving to several refugee camps across the State, they began residing in Chinnasalem camp in Kallakurichi in 1997.
SC reserves verdict on batch of pleas challenging validity of...
The top court had asked the Union government to inform it about the administrative steps taken to prevent the inflow of illegal immigrants into Indian...
SC to hear on Nov 7 pleas challenging Section 6A of Citizenship Act
A five-judge Constitution bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices AS Bopanna, MM Sundresh, JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra will hear the case...
New bill fuels citizenship hopes for undocumented immigrants in US
The US Citizenship Act 2023 will make way for Dreamers, recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), agricultural workers, including their spouses...
12 MPs from Northeast write to PM opposing Citizenship Amendment Bill
BJP MP from Manipur Rajkumar Ranjan Singh had, however, requested the Home Ministry to exempt the northeastern state from the purview of the...
'States have no powers to refuse implementation of Citizenship Act'
State governments have no powers to reject the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 as the legislation was enacted under the Union...
Stop using excessive force against protesters in northeast: Amnesty to...
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International India has urged the Centre to immediately order its security forces "to stop using excessive force against...
