Citizenship Act

Message of 'live and let live': Kapil Sibal hails Supreme Court ruling on Section 6A of Citizenship Act

In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act which grants Indian citizenship to immigrants from Bangladesh who entered Assam before March 25, 1971.

18 October 2024, 06:00 IST

Message of 'live and let live': Kapil Sibal hails Supreme Court ruling on Section 6A of Citizenship Act

18 October 2024, 06:00 IST

AASU welcomes Supreme Court order on Section 6A of Citizenship Act; petitioner calls it 'unfortunate'

AASU chief adviser Samujjal Bhattacharjya said with its order on Section 6A of Citizenship Act 1955, the Supreme Court has given its stamp of approval to the Assam Accord under which all those who had entered Assam illegally must be detected and deported from the country.

17 October 2024, 12:25 IST

AASU welcomes Supreme Court order on Section 6A of Citizenship Act; petitioner calls it 'unfortunate'

17 October 2024, 12:25 IST

SC upholds validity of Section 6A of Citizenship Act inserted after Assam Accord

The CJI said the objective of the provision must be understood in the backdrop of the Post-Bangladesh War.

17 October 2024, 05:32 IST

Supreme Court upholds validity of Sec 6A of Citizenship Act inserted after Assam Accord

SC upholds validity of Section 6A of Citizenship Act inserted after Assam Accord

17 October 2024, 05:32 IST

Pak Hindu refugees in Jodhpur celebrate as CAA rules notified

In the settlements of Hindu migrants from Pakistan, the residents lit lamps and burst firecrackers on Monday night soon after the rules to fast-track citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014, were unveiled.

12 March 2024, 10:14 IST

Pak Hindu refugees in Jodhpur celebrate as government notifies CAA rules

Pak Hindu refugees in Jodhpur celebrate as CAA rules notified

12 March 2024, 10:14 IST

BJP using citizenship law as a ‘tool’ before elections, alleges Trinamool minister Shashi Panja

The senior party leader said that there was no question of the legislation being implemented in West Bengal.

03 January 2024, 16:34 IST

BJP using citizenship law as a ‘tool’ before elections, alleges Trinamool minister Shashi Panja

03 January 2024, 16:34 IST

Religion can't be basis of citizenship: Cong MP Tewari slams govt's 'CAA before LS polls' push

Under the CAA brought in by the Narendra Modi government, Indian nationality will be granted to persecuted non-Muslim migrants — Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians — from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who had come to India before and on December 31, 2014.

03 January 2024, 10:40 IST

Religion can't be basis of citizenship: Cong MP Tewari slams govt's 'CAA before LS polls' push

03 January 2024, 10:40 IST

‘Assam was never a part of Myanmar’, Solicitor General to SC during Citizenship

Last week, Sibal, commencing his arguments on behalf of the respondents, reportedly had submitted that migration of people in the population is embedded in history and cannot be mapped.

12 December 2023, 17:22 IST

‘Assam was never a part of Myanmar’, Solicitor General to SC during Citizenship

12 December 2023, 17:22 IST

SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging constitutional validity of Section 6A of Citizenship Act

Senior advocate Shyam Divan, for the petitioners, submitted that there was no temporal limit to the operation of Section 6A, meaning that individuals could still apply for citizenship under Section 6A today.

12 December 2023, 12:09 IST

SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging constitutional validity of Section 6A of Citizenship Act

12 December 2023, 12:09 IST

Assam illegal immigrants: SC adjourns to December 5 hearing on validity of Citizenship Act's Section 6A

'I am mentioning on my behalf and on behalf of the Attorney General for India. The case coming up tomorrow is the Citizenship Amendment Act. If the case can be deferred a bit...This is the last working week before Diwali and we just came out of one Constitution bench and, therefore, we need some time,' SG said.

06 November 2023, 06:12 IST

Assam illegal immigrants: SC adjourns to December 5 hearing on validity of Citizenship Act's Section 6A

06 November 2023, 06:12 IST

Row over citizenship law: SC to hear matter on Jan 10

As many as 17 petitions, including the one filed by Assam Public Works in 2009, are pending on the issue in the apex court

13 December 2022, 09:07 IST

Row over citizenship law: Supreme Court to hear matter on January 10

Row over citizenship law: SC to hear matter on Jan 10

13 December 2022, 09:07 IST