ASADUDDIN OWAISI MOVES SC SEEKING STAY ON CAA

President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), Asaduddin Owaisi, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the enforcement of the Citizenship Amendment Rules until the apex court resolves the challenges to the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.

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The Central government, on March 11, paved the way for the enactment of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, by notifying the relevant rules, four years subsequent to the passage of the controversial law by Parliament. This law aims to expedite Indian citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who entered India before December 31, 2014.

Owaisi, among the petitioners challenging certain provisions of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, has lodged an application in the highest court seeking a suspension of the Act and the 2024 rules until the petitions are definitively resolved.

He has also requested a directive that prohibits the consideration or processing of applications for citizenship status under section 6B of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (as amended by the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019) during the pendency of the proceedings.