Hyderabad, March 14 -- The Union Home Ministry recently notified the rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA); however, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and others, stated that its implementation would not take place within the states.

Following the stance expressed by these states, questions arose about whether states could actually refuse the implementation of the CAA.

Citizenship is Centre's subject

According to Article 246, states can legislate on subjects listed under the 'State List', while the Centre can enact legislation on matters under the 'Union List'. However, on matters in the 'Concurrent List', both states and the Centre can legislate.

Citizenship, falling under the 'Union List', allows the Centre to enact laws on it...