Citizenship (Amendment) Act
- India
Citizenship Act supersedes provisions outlined in passport manual: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said that the Citizenship Act of 1955 supersedes the provisions outlined in the Passport Manual of 2020, affirming that subordinate legislation cannot override primary legislation.…
- India
Several anti-CAA women protestors put under house arrest in UP
On March 15, the first Friday of the holy month of Ramzan, the Uttar Pradesh police allegedly put some anti-CAA women protestors under house arrest. These women protestors led the march against…
- India
‘This doesn’t make sense…’: Old video of CJI’s son on CAA goes viral
Amid the political backlashes and protests over the Center’s notification of rules for implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, an old video featuring Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud’s son challenging…
- India
Cops use force against Delhi University students protesting against CAA
Scores of Delhi University students, protesting against the Centre’s notification to implement CAA rules, were detained by the Delhi Police on Tuesday, March 12. They were taken to the Burari police station…
- Hyderabad
‘Aap chronology samajhiye’: Owaisi takes a dig at Centre after CAA notification
Hyderabad: Taking a dig at the Centre after it notified the implementation of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that the CAA notification…
- India
Centre notifies implementation of Citizen Amendment Act weeks ahead of LS polls
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has notified implementation of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Monday, days ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections schedule, even as protests…
- World
Fencing on Indo-Bangladesh border hindered due to non-cooperation: Centre
New Delhi: The Indo-Bangladesh border fencing project has been hindered due to non-cooperation of the West Bengal government and pending land acquisition issues in the state, the Centre told the Supreme Court…
- India
Excluding Tamil refugees from CAA’s purview is discriminatory, DMK tells SC
Chennai: The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has submitted before the Supreme Court that it is discriminatory to exclude Tamil refugees from the purview of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and prayed…
- India
CAA ‘benign piece of legislation’: Centre to Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) is “a benign piece of legislation” which seeks to provide a relaxation to specific communities from specified…
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Review: ‘Borderlands’ documents how fragile the idea of citizenship is
“Our lives, our stories, flowed into one another’s, were no longer our own, individual, discrete.”― Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown “Anything worth doing transcends borders.”― Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand The proof…