SC refuses to stay CAA implementation, asks Centre to respond to pleas within 3 weeks

New Delhi, 19/3: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre on a plea seeking stay of rules notified on March 11, 2024 under the Citizenship Amendment Act, to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who entered the country by December 31.

The court declined to restrain the Centre from granting citizenship under the Act and rules.