New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will commence final hearing from May 5 on a batch of around 240 petitions challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024.
A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi set aside eight days - from May 5 to May 12 - for the matter. The cases have been divided into two groups: those concerning Assam and Tripura, and those relating to the rest of the country.
"There are two sets of cases assailing CAA 2019.," the Bench said, directing nodal counsel to identify and segregate matters accordingly. The Court indicated that petitioners would be heard first, followed by the union government, with re...