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The Citizenship Act was further amended in 1992, 2003, 2005 and 2015. In December 2003, the National Democratic Alliance government, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003 with far-reaching revisions of the Citizenship Act. It added the notion of "illegal immigrants" to the Act, making them ...
"The Modi government announces implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act," a spokesperson for the prime minister's office said in a text message. "It was an integral part of BJP’s 2019 manifesto.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (Bill) ... The court gave notice to the government on the petitions and allowed one month to respond in the next hearing in February. [288]
The Citizenship Amendment Act provides a fast track to naturalization for Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who fled to Hindu-majority India from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and ...
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003 was passed by the Parliament of India in December 2003, [2] and received presidential assent in January 2004. [3] It is labelled "Act 6 of 2004". [3] The Act amended The Citizenship Act, 1955 by: introducing and defining a notion of "illegal migrant", [4] [5] [6] who could be jailed or deported. [7]
The difference between Citizenship Act and NRC, explained, CNBC-TV18, 16 December 2019. 'Chanakya', The CAB-NRC package is flawed and dangerous, Hindustan Times, 9 December 2019. Angshuman Choudhury and Suraj Gogoi, Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC are two sides of same coin; both seek to alienate India's Muslims, Firstpost, 17 December 2019.
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 also defines citizens and includes similar language. ... If courts decided the Constitution protected birthright citizenship, then only an amendment ...
CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh was a protest that began in response to the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in both houses of Parliament on 11 December 2019. and the police intervention against students at Jamia Millia Islamia who were opposing law which gives priority to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians resident in India before 2014, but excludes Muslims ...