The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to provide a response within three weeks to petitions seeking a halt on the enforcement of the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024.
Headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, a bench scheduled the matter for further consideration on April 9.
During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, requested four weeks to submit a reply to the 20 applications filed.
These applications seek a suspension of the Rules until the Supreme Court adjudicates on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.
Asserting that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act does not revoke citizenship from any individual, Mehta conveyed this stance to the bench, comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.
On March 11, the Centre had cleared the path for the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, by issuing the relevant rules, four years after the law was passed by Parliament.
The controversial law aimed to expedite Indian citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who entered India before December 31, 2014.
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