The Citizenship Amendment Act provides a fast track to naturalization for Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who fled to Hindu-majority India from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before Dec. 31, 2014. The law excludes Muslims, who are a majority in all three nations. ...
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...
The objective of immigration is gaining citizenship or nationality in a different country. In India, the law relating to citizenship or nationality is mainly governed by the provisions of the Constitution. The Constitution of India provides for single citizenship for the entire country. Future of In...
Proponents of the amendment say it will grant sanctuary to those fleeing religious persecution, while critics argue that, by exempting Muslims, it enshrines religious discrimination into law and is unconstitutional. Since the law was passed, protests have engulfed India, home to an est...
NEW DELHI, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- India's top court Friday directed the local government of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh to refund millions of Indian rupees recovered from protestors of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). ...
NEW DELHI, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Senior politician and Chief Minister of India's eastern state West Bengal Mamata Banerjee on Thursday called for a United Nations-monitored referendum on the controversial "Citizenship (Amendment) Act" (CAA), which passed by the country's Parliament last week, ...
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...
16 -- India's top court Monday said it will hear pleas of challenging the constitutional validity of recently passed controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), officials said. "A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde remarked that it will hear the pleas along with other ...
CAB bill amends the Citizenship Act 1955 to make Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian illegal migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, eligible for citizenship of India. They will also be eligible to get naturalised citizenship. One of the requirements for citizenship by...
US birthright citizenship comes from Section 1 of the 14th Amendment. The executive order issued by President Trump takes a wide interpretation of this law and attempts to change the 14th Amendment without following the constitutional amendment process. ...