CAA petitions: SC gives 4 weeks to Centre to file response, no stay on law for now
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave four weeks to the Centre to file a response to the new petitions challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), media reports said.
The top court has refused to put a stay on the citizenship law for now. It said only a constitutional bench will put a stay on the law.
As many as 144 petitions with most of them seeking the declaration of the law as "unconstitutional" have been filed.
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