High Profile Cases Anti-CAB stir: People defy curfew, police open fire as Assam turns war zone December 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thousands of people defied curfew in Guwahati on Thursday and took to the streets, prompting police to open fire, even as protests against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill intensified in Assam. Police said they had to open fire in Lalung Gaon area in Guwahati after stones were hurled by protestors. The agitators claimed that at […] Read more » Anti-CAB stir Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal citizenship (amendment) bill Prime Minister Narendra Modi
High Profile Cases Home Minister Amit Shah moves Citizenship Bill in RS, says Indian Muslims ‘were, are and will remain’ Indians December 12, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday moved the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Rajya Sabha, saying Indian Muslims “were, are and will remain Indian citizens” Moving the bill that provides Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Shah said minorities in the three nations do not get equal rights The population […] Read more » citizenship (amendment) bill Home Minister Amit Shah Rajya Sabha TV
High Profile Cases Citizenship Amendment Bill to be introduced in RS on Wednesday: BJP confident of its passage December 10, 2019 / December 10, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The BJP is confident of the passage of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha which will be introduced in the upper house on Wednesday, sources said on Tuesday. The bill piloted by Union Home Minister Amit Shah was comfortably passed in the Lok Sabha on late Monday night as the ruling BJP […] Read more » citizenship (amendment) bill Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Top Law News Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre On Another Plea Against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. March 6, 2019 / March 6, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday sought response from the Centre on a fresh plea challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice on the plea filed by Assam State Jamiat Ulama E Hind […] Read more » Assam State Jamiat Ulama E Hind Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi citizenship (amendment) bill Citizenship Bill Justice Sanjiv Khanna Supreme Court
Top Law News Lok Sabha passes citizenship (amendment) bill January 9, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A bill seeking to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangaldesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan was passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday Piloting the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the Opposition that the bill was not against the provisions of the Constitution and would give succour to persecuted minorities in […] Read more » Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM) Bodo Kacharis citizenship (amendment) bill Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangaldesh Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Pakistan Jayprakash Narayan Yadav (RJD) Lok Sabha P R Kunhalikutty (IUML)
