The Supreme Court would hear on September 12 a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants who came here from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan on or before December 31, 2014.
While refusing to stay the operation of the law, the top court had on December 18, 2019, issued notices to the Centre on the pleas.
As per the list of businesses uploaded on the apex court website, a bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice S Ravindra Bhat has posted 220 petitions, including the lead plea of the Indian Union of Muslim League, for hearing on Monday.
