No stay on CAA, larger SC bench to hear 144 petitions, centre gets 4 weeks to reply
  • 4 years ago
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to put a stay on the Citizenship Amendment Act and said that the court will set up a five-judge constitution bench to hear the large number of petitions filed against the contentious citizenship law. The Supreme Court bench headed by CJI SA Bobde also gave four weeks' time to the Centre to reply on the petitions and refused to stay CAA till all petitions are heard.
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