This legislative note attempts to analyse the religion-based discrimination that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, facilitates, in light of India's obligations under international law.doi:10.1080/24730580.2018.1512290Poddar MihikaIndian Law Review...
NEW DELHI, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has signed the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), officials said Friday. "The president has given his assent to the CAB and thus it has become an Act," an official said. "The collected set of rules in the CA...
Rajasthan is the third state in India to pass the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) resolution after Kerala and Punjab. Protests against the controversial new citizenship law were triggered on December 11 last year, the day India's upper house of parliament passed the law. Since then there ...
On or after the commencement of the Citizenship (Amendment), 2003, and either both of the parents are citizens of India; or one of the parents is a citizen of India and the other one is not an illegal immigrant.According to Section 3, the following persons are ineligible from be...
The Citizenship (Amendment) bill, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India on 11th December 2019, and after receiving the assent from the President of India on 12th December 2019, the bill assu...
Indian Citizenship is decided according to the national law of the country and has undergone many changes as per the Citizenship Act 1955, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2003, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1992 and the Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinanc
2. By birth in the United States. Under the 14th Amendment, all persons born in the United States are citizens regardless of the status of their parents, who may be citizens, green card holders, or illegal aliens. 3. By acquisition at birth. A child born outside the United States where...
ABC News travelled to Assam, which is trialling India's controversial new citizenship law, which has sparked months of deadly protests across India.
Following the American Civil War, the Civil Rights Act of 1866 (ratified in 1870, after the 14th Amendment took effect) reaffirmed the exclusion, declaring: The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 impacted American policies toward Native Americans. The federal government transferred tribal lands to heads ...
September 15, 2020Off This Civil Rights Group Fights Hate Crimes. Now, Its Members Are Being Arrested Under India’s Controversial Anti-Terror Law. ByShamani Joshi “The government is arresting our members to stifle social resistance,” Nadeem Khan, founding member of United Against Hate (UAH)...