The Supreme court on 9 January dismissed a plea that sought CAA be declared unconstitutional and it said it won’t pass any ex-parte order before hearing the Centre on staying the operation of CAA and NPR
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A three-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna has given the government four weeks to file its reply.
The apex court has asked all high courts not to pass any order on CAA.
The court was hearing more than 140 petitions challenging CAA filed by various entities, including law students, Muslim groups, lawyers, individual politicians and political parties.
The court will be separately hearing the cases pertaining to Assam and Tripura challenging the validity of the Act that was notified on 10 January.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal had requested the court to postpone the exercise of NPR for two months which was denied by the Attorney General K.K. Venugopal.
Indian Union Muslim League has moved a separate application seeking a direction to the government to clarify whether the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and NPR are linked and whether NRC would be implemented across India.
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Article 131 of the Constitution of India grants original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court on all cases involving the enforcement of fundamental rights of citizens. Its original jurisdiction extends to all cases between the Government of India and the States of India or between Government of India and states on one side and one or more states on other side or cases between different states. Original jurisdiction is related to cases which are directly brought to the Supreme Court. Cases which require the interpretation of the constitution or cases relating to the denial of fundamental rights are heard In the supreme court. It is empowered to issue directions, orders or writs, including writs in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari to enforce them. More Info
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