The CAA's Assam problem is different from the rest of the country

New delhi date. January 24, 2020, Friday

The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed a clear opinion that Assam's problem is different with regard to the new citizenship law.

Explaining the reason for this, the court said that by changing the cut-off date on citizenship, which was earlier March 24, 1971, the government made December 31, 2014 so that the residents were upset that they could no longer be removed from the people who had entered it and the problems of the local people could not be eliminated.

It is noteworthy that the new citizenship law has 144 petitions filed against the CAA in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court began its hearing on Thursday, January 23. The Supreme Court agreed to set aside a hearing on the issue in Assam and Tripura.

A bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justice S Abdul Nazir and Justice Sanjiv Khanna was hearing all these petitions. The Bench said Assam's problem was different from the rest of the country as the cut-off date for citizenship was misunderstood on the implementation of this law on December 31, 2014 instead of March 24 of 1971. Assam and Tripura's plea hearing on this matter may differ. Likewise, the Uttar Pradesh government's announcement to enforce the law against any policy can also be heard separately.

On the first day of hearing the petition challenging the constitutional merits of the new law, the court made it clear that unilateral retention of the law cannot be stopped without hearing the opinion of the central government.

The Supreme Court gave the central government four weeks to respond. Earlier, the central government had said that it is difficult to say anything on this issue without studying so many applications.